Where the Fathers quote 1Macc 4

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Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1393…s observes, and it is confirmed in this place by Nyssenus, who recognizes ἱππικὴν δύναμιν, equestrian forces, and by the interpreter of the book of 1 Maccabees IV, 1: Καὶ παρενέβαλε χιλίαν ἵππον ἐκλεκτήν (And he pitched a t…