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GORGIAS . A general of Antiochus Epiphanes, who is described as ‘a mighty man of the king’s friends’ ( 1Ma 3:38 ), and a captain who ‘had experience in matters of war’ ( 2Ma 8:9 ). When Antiochus set out on his Parthian campaign (b.c. 166 or 165), his chancellor, Lysias, who was charged with the suppression of the revolt in Pal., despatched a large army to Judæa, under the command of Ptolemy, Nicanor, and Gorgias. The fortunes of the war are described in 1Ma 3:40; 1Ma 4:25 , 1Ma 5:16 ff., 1Ma 5:55 ff., 2Ma 8:12-29; 2Ma 10:14 ff; 2Ma 12:32 ff.; Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant. XII. vii. 4, viii. 6.