This conflict was reportedly preceded by a massacre in one city that took place after the “Day of Eleusis” forced a ruler to withdraw from a rival’s territories. A leader of this conflict was honored as “one of the First Friends” by Alexander Balas during a succession rivalry. A text primarily about this conflict (10[1])records Heliodorus reconciling with Onias (“oh-NYE-us”) after trying (10[1])to plunder one site. John Hyrcanus’s (“her-KAY-nuss’s”) accession (10[1])concludes another (-5[1])deuterocanonical book about this conflict. Simon Thassi and his four brothers led one side in this conflict (10[1])together with their (10[1])father Mattathias. (10[1])A king “built an idol altar upon God’s altar” and “slew swine upon it” (10[1])in the lead-up (10[1])to this anti-Seleucid (“seh-LOO-sid”) conflict, according to Josephus. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes’s Hellenizing impositions on the Jews. ■END■