Hellenize
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His determined policy was to Hellenize his entire kingdom and standardize religious observance.

He set up a Greek gymnasium in the holy city, Jerusalem, trying to Hellenize the Jews.

Antiochus wanted to Hellenize the Jews, attempting to introduce the Greek pantheon into the temple.

The Byzantines were unable to completely Hellenize Macedonia because their progress north was blocked by the Bulgarian Empire, and later by the Serbian Kingdom, which were both Slavic states.

According to II Maccabees, it was Menelaus who persuaded Antiochus to Hellenize the Jewish worship, and thereby brought about the uprising of the Judeans under the guidance of the Maccabees.