EUPOLEMUS ū pŏl’ ə məs (Gr. Εὐπόλεμος, skilled in war). A Jewish ambassador who was sent to Rome by Judas Maccabeus after the victory over a general of Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 161 b.c. (1 Macc 8:17; 2 Macc 4:11). The purpose of the embassage was to enter into a peaceful alliance with the Rom. to which the latter agreed, sending written confirmation of the confederacy to Jerusalem with Eupolemus.