Sostratus
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
SOSTRATUS . The governor of the citadel at Jerusalem under Antiochus Epiphanes ( 2Ma 4:27 (28), 29).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
sos´tra - tus ( Σώστρατος , Sṓstratos , in Codex Venetus Σος -, Sos -): "The governor of the citadel" of Jerusalem under Antiochus 4 (Epiphanes). His duty was to gather the revenues of the city and province for the imperial treasury. He made a new departure in demanding from Menelaus direct the sum promised to the king in 2 Maccabees 4:27 ff (for Jason had the privilege of sending the money by his own messenger to the king ( 2 Maccabees 4:23 )). This claim the usurper Menelaus disputed; consequently he and the governor were both summoned to appear before the king. No more is told, and Sostratus is otherwise unknown.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Σώστρατος , probably a contraction for Σωσίστρατος, a common Greek name), a commander of the Syrian garrison in the Acra at Jersusalem (ὁ τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ἔπαρχος ) in the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes (2 Maccabees 4:27; 2 Maccabees 4:29). B.C. cir. 172.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [4]
Architect of the Pharos of Alexandria, lived in the 3rd century B.C., and was patronised by Ptolemy Philadelphus.
