sos´tra - tus ( Σώστρατος , Sṓstratos , in Codex Venetus Σος -, Sos -): "The governor of the citadel" of Jerusalem under Antiochus 4 (Epiphanes). His duty was to gather the revenues of the city and province for the imperial treasury. He made a new departure in demanding from Menelaus direct the sum promised to the king in 2 Maccabees 4:27 ff (for Jason had the privilege of sending the money by his own messenger to the king ( 2 Maccabees 4:23 )). This claim the usurper Menelaus disputed; consequently he and the governor were both summoned to appear before the king. No more is told, and Sostratus is otherwise unknown.
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