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A sixth passage which Polyhistor attributes to Eupolemus in Eusebius' quotations of Polyhistor is usually considered spurious as being dissimilar to the other passages quoted and has come to be called ''Pseudo-Eupolemus''.

Style and vocabulary indicate the writing as also originally in Greek and the date of composition of the seemingly genuine passages is about [[150s BC|158/7&nbsp;<small>BCE</small> BC]]. That the author dates his work by the [[Seleucid]]s rather than the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemies]] suggests [[Palestine|Palestinian]] rather than [[Egypt|Egyptian]] origin. It has been speculated that the author might be the Eupolemus who was ambassador of [[Judas Maccabeus]] to [[Rome]] as found in [[1 Maccabees]] 8.17f and [[2 Maccabees]] 4.11.

The fragments usually considered Eupolemus' genuine work are: