<head>Philip Vandalizes Thermus</head>Philip loudly lamented his ill-fortune in having so<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note8">Attalus eludes Philip.<bibl n="Liv. 28.7" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 28, 7, 8</bibl>, B. C. 207.</note>narrowly missed getting Attalus into his hands. . . .On his way to the lake Trichonis Philip arrived<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note9">Philip at Thermus See<ref target="b5c6" targOrder="U">5, 6-18</ref>.</note>at Thermus, where there was a temple of Apollo; and there he once more defaced all the sacred buildings which he had spared on his former occupation of the town. In both instances it was an ill-advised indulgence of temper: for it is a mark of utter unreasonableness to commit an act of impiety against heaven in order to gratify one's wrath against man. . . .
Walbank Commentary