2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 5:22

κατέλιπεν δὲ καὶ ἐπιστάτας τοῦ κακοῦν τὸ γένος, ἐν μὲν Ιεροσολύμοις Φίλιππον, τὸ μὲν γένος Φρύγα, τὸν δὲ τρόπον βαρβαρώτερον ἔχοντα τοῦ καταστήσαντος,
King James Version (KJV)

And he left governors to vex the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, for his country a Phrygian, and for manners more barbarous than he that set him there;

Modern English

He left behind governors to oppress the nation: Philip, a Phrygian by birth, in charge at Jerusalem, a man even more barbarous in character than the one who appointed him,

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