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Cleopatra (Klee-oh-patra). Daughter of Ptolemy VI Philometor, king of Egypt, who gave her in marriage to Alexander, and later to her uncle, Ptolemy VIII. Cyrus the Persian (Sai-rus the Pur-shun). The conqueror and founder of the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire, living from 600–530 BC. Darius (Dar-ee-us or Dar-ai-us) the Great. Ruler of the Persian Empire from 521–486 BC. Dathema (Dah-they-mah). A city in Gilead to which Jews fled and were then held captive during the Gentile persecution described in 1 Maccabees. Demetrius (Dem-ee-tree-us). He rose to power in Syria after deposing Antiochus Eupator about 162 BC. Ecbatana (Eck-bah-ta-nah). An ancient city located between Tehran and Baghdad, mentioned in the story of Tobit. Edna. The wife of Raguel, the mother of Sarah in the book of Tobit. Eleazar (El-ee-ay-zar). (1) A senior scribe who was tortured to death by Antiochus Epiphanes. (2) The fourth son of Mattathias and younger brother of Judas Maccabeus, who valiantly killed an attack elephant and was himself killed as it collapsed on him during the Maccabean Revolt. Elymais (Ellie-meis). The Greek form of the biblical name, Elam, the wealthy city attacked by Antiochus Epiphanes in order to enrich his own kingdom. Esarhaddon (Es-ar-haddon). The son of the Assyrian King Sennacherib, who ruled 681–669 BC.