LYSIMACHUS. 1 . The translator of the Greek edition of Esther into Greek (Ad. Est 11:1). 2 . The brother of the high priest Menelaus. He excited the hatred of the populace by his systematic plundering of the Temple treasures, and was finally killed in a riot ( 2Ma 4:28; 2Ma 4:39-42 ).
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