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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50255" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50255" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <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> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2283" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2283" /> == | ||
<p> '''''ka''''' -'''''lis´the''''' -'''''nēz''''' ( Καλλισθένης , <i> '''''Kallisthénēs''''' </i> ): An officer of | <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> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29567" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29567" /> == | ||
<p> (Καλλισθένης, a frequent | <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> | ||
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