Gorgias (general)
Gorgias (/ˈɡɔːrdʒiəs/) was a Syrian-Seleucid General of the 2nd century BC, in the service of Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Macc 3:38; 2 Macc 8:9).
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After Judas Maccabeus's forces defeated the Seleucid army at the Battle of Beth Horon, they were determined to send a stronger force against him. According to 1 Maccabees iii. 38, which Josephus follows ("The Antiquities of the Jews" xii. 7, § 3), it was the governor Lysias, who had been left as regent during the absence of Antiochus in Persia, who commissioned the generals Nicanor and Gorgias, sending them with a large army to Judea.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Gorgias". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.