cruelty of impudence. It does not, for all that, acquit Antiochus of sacrilege, as its obsequious authors imagined.* He suspected nothing of the sort when he invaded the temple; [98] the discovery admittedly surprised him. His iniquity, impiety, and godlessness were, therefore, none the less gratuitous, [99] however many lies may be told about him. These reveal their character on their face. Greeks, as is well known, are not the only people with whom our laws come into conflict; those principally