BABYLONIANS According to classical sources, Antiochus IV invaded egypt twice, once in 169 BC and again in the spring of 168 BC. As the Babylonian diaries records, Antiochus and his men, in order to celebrate his victories made "a pompe and activities according to...their Greek customs" Quote: Diary No -168. A14-15: ITU.BI al-te-e um-[ma] An LUGAL ina URU.MES ...

JEWISH 1. In the early Syriac documents the dating is by the "The rule of the Greeks”. 2. In the Greek translation of First Maccabees, one of our earliest witnesses, the dominion of Antiochus Epiphanes and his successors is termed "the kingdom of the Greeks," (1. Macc. 1:10, and elsewhere) 3. In the Jewish Talmud and Midrash, we ...

Some almost unknown names are those of the royal Argeadae women. We know many of the earliest mother-queens (Vasilomitores) names from an account of Satyrus. Satyrus Ox. Pap. 27 (* 1962) Παράθεση: Δε η Αριστοδ[ά]μιδαν ή Αριστομ[ίδα δε] Κ[άρα]νον Καράνου δε και Λαν[-] [Κοί]νον Κοίνου δε Τυρίμμαν Τ[υ]- ιμμα δε και Κλεονίκης Περ[δίκκαν] Π[ερδ]ίκκου δε και Κλεοπάτρας [Αργαίον] Αργαίου δε και Προθώης Φίλιππ[ον ...