Elymaeans (Hastings' Dictionary)

See Elamites. ELYMAIS CEXi/Mais).- This name, which repre sents the OT Elam, was given to a district of Persia, lying, according to Strabo (xvi. p. 744), alonjr the southern spurs of Mt. Zagros, S of Media and N of Susiana. In 1 Mac 6', according to the common reading, which is adopted by the AV, ELYMAS EMERODS 69C Elymais is named as a rich city in Persia, No eucli cit}*, however, is mentioned elsewliere, except by Josejilius (Anl. XII. ix. 1), wlio is simply follow- ing 1 Mac.

There can be no doubt, therefore, that we should correct the text with A {iy 'EXiz/ies), « {iv Av^att), and most cursives, and read ' in Elj'- mais in Persia there was a city ' ; so P'ritzsche and RV. In the year B.C. 164 Antiochus Epiphanes made an unsuccessful attack upon the rich treas- ures of a temple of Artemis in this province, but the name of the place is unknown. Polj'bius (xxxi.

11), like 1 Mac, merely speaks of the temple as being in Elymais ; while Persepolis, which is mentioned by the later account in 2 Mac 9'^, was not situated in this district. Comp. Kawlinson (Speaker's Comment.), and Strack and Zockler on 1 Mac 6'. H. A. White. ELYMAS See Barjksus.