Difference between revisions of "Callisthenes"

        <p> <strong> CALLISTHENES </strong> ( 2Ma 8:33 ). A Syrian, captured by the Jews in a small house, where he had taken refuge after the great victory over [[Nicanor]] and Gorgias, in b.c. 165 (cf. 1Ma 4:1-34 ). At a festival in celebration of the victory, the Jews burnt [[Callisthenes]] to death, because he had set fire to the portals of the [[Temple]] (cf. 1Ma 4:38 ). </p>

        <p> '''''ka''''' -'''''lis´the''''' -'''''nēz''''' ( Καλλισθένης , <i> '''''Kallisthénēs''''' </i> ): An officer of [[Nicanor]] who was charged with the burning of the sacred portals of the temple at the time of the desecration under [[Antiochus]] [[Epiphanes]] (168 bc). After the decisive defeat of Nicanor's army at [[Emmaus]] (165 bc) the Jews celebrated the victory in the city of their fathers and burned C. who had fled into an outhouse with others who had set the sacred gates on fire, "the meet reward of their impiety" (2 Macc 8:33). </p>

        <p> ( Καλλισθένης, a frequent [[Greek]] name), a partisan of Nicanor, who was burnt by the Jews on the defeat of that general in revenge for his guilt in setting fire to "the sacred portals" ( 2 [[Maccabees]] 8:33). — Smith, s.v. (See [[Nicanor]]). </p>

        <ref name="term_50255"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/callisthenes Callisthenes from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_2283"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/callisthenes Callisthenes from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>

        <ref name="term_29567"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/callisthenes Callisthenes from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>