▁E uc rat ides ' ▁life ▁by ▁claim ing ▁that ▁the ▁war like ▁king ▁was ▁murder ed ▁on ▁his ▁way ▁back ▁from ▁India ▁by ▁his ▁own ▁son ▁( e ither ▁E uc rat ides ▁II ▁or ▁H eli oc les ▁I , ▁although ▁there ▁are ▁spec ulations ▁that ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁his ▁enemy ' s ▁son ▁Dem et ri us ▁II ), ▁who ▁h ated ▁his ▁father ▁so ▁much ▁that ▁he ▁drag ged ▁his ▁dead ▁body ▁after ▁his ▁ch ari ot : ▁ ▁" As ▁E uc rat ides ▁returned ▁from ▁India , ▁he ▁was ▁killed ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁back ▁by ▁his ▁son , ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁associated ▁to ▁his ▁rule , ▁and ▁who , ▁without ▁hiding ▁his ▁pat ric ide , ▁as ▁if ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁kill ▁a ▁father ▁but ▁an ▁enemy , ▁ran ▁with ▁his ▁ch ari ot ▁over ▁the ▁blood ▁of ▁his ▁father , ▁and ▁ordered ▁the ▁cor pse ▁to ▁be ▁left ▁without ▁a ▁sep ulture " ▁Justin ▁X LI , 6 ▁ ▁The ▁murder ▁of ▁E uc rat ides ▁probably ▁brought ▁about ▁a ▁civil ▁war ▁amongst ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁dynast y . ▁The ▁success ors ▁to ▁E uc rat ides ▁were ▁E uc rat ides ▁II ▁and ▁H eli oc les ▁I ▁( 1 4 5 – 1 3 0 ▁BC ), ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁Greek ▁king ▁to ▁reign ▁in ▁B act ria . ▁Once ▁the ▁Y uez hi ▁tribes ▁over power ed ▁H eli oc les , ▁the ▁Gre co - B act ri ans