MMW 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: The Golden Ass, Serapis, Lucretius

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: Matthew Herbst

Document Summary

Greek stays in the city on the whole. Jews and others had their doubts about hellenization. Felt that they were losing their culture (selling out to the greeks) Some felt that they were just modernizing and everything was normal. Name makes him seem like a god. Wanted canaan to get closer to egypt. High priests in jerusalem had greek names: jason and menelaos. Decree that made everyone in his kingdom one people . Demands that all the jews turn in their scriptures and sacrifice to the. Wants the great temple of jerusalem to be dedicated to zeus. After taking his l with the greeks he thinks it"s a good idea to just go straight to. His army is met by an ambassador from the roman republic who wants to speak with antiochus. Man tells antiochus to leave egypt and draws a circle in the sand around.