syro-grecian

Updated: January 21, 2026

The founding of a Syro-Grecian kingdom in Northern Syria brought Judæa again into the unfortunate situation of a buffer state. Jerusalem seemed doomed to be among the prizes of an interminable warfare between the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Seleucidæ of Syria and in turns vassal to each.

H. O. (Henry Osmond) Lock - With the British Army in The Holy Land