Menelaus
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Who is Menelaus?
Menelaus was a Hellenizing high priest of the Jews who bought the priesthood from King Antiochus by outbidding Jason, then plundered the temple's gold vessels and guided the king into the sanctuary (2 Maccabees 4:24, 2 Maccabees 5:15). Called a traitor to the laws and to his own country, he was finally put to death at Berea (2 Maccabees 13:4).