2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 4:13

ἦν δ’ οὕτως ἀκμή τις Ἑλληνισμοῦ καὶ πρόσβασις ἀλλοφυλισμοῦ διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀσεβοῦς καὶ οὐκ ἀρχιερέως Ἰάσωνος ὑπερβάλλουσαν ἀναγνείαν
King James Version (KJV)

Now such was the height of Greek fashions, and increase of heathenish manners, through the exceeding profaneness of Jason, that ungodly wretch, and no high priest;

Modern English

Such was the surge of Greek fashion and foreign customs, brought on by the extreme wickedness of that impious impostor Jason, who was no true high priest,

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