👉 Ah, let's talk about Antiochus! He's the name of a Greek king who ruled the Seleucid Empire, which was basically a bunch of conquered territories trying to live with their conqueror, the Roman Empire, like a king trying to outsmart his own son in a game of chess. But here's the kicker - Antiochus IV Epiphanes, his name really does scream 'epiphanes', meaning 'the enlightened one'. So, he was the king who decided to 'enlighten' his subjects by banning all non-Jewish religious practices, essentially turning his kingdom into a sanitized museum of Greek gods and Roman pharaohs.
Now, here's an edgy sentence using that name: "Antiochus IV Epiphanes decreed that all temples were to be converted into gyms and bathhouses, promising to 'enlighten' the populace with the glory of Olympus and the decadence of Rome."
