Antiochus III
[an-tahy-uh-kuh s]
- (“the Great”) 241?–187 b.c., king of Syria 223–187.
Antiochus IV
- Antiochus Epiphanes, died 164? b.c., king of Syria 175–164?.
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Antiochus IV had about as much in common with Aristotle as Rick Santorum has with Thomas Paine.
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The three principal ones were Antiochus, Antigonus, and Pyrrhus.
PyrrhusJacob Abbott
Seleucus paid Erasistratus about £20,000 for curing his son Antiochus.
Outlines of Greek and Roman MedicineJames Sands Elliott
He was the son of Antiochus that was called Soter, who died in Parthia.
The Antiquities of the JewsFlavius Josephus
And upon these conditions Antiochus broke up the siege, and departed.
The Antiquities of the JewsFlavius Josephus
I first learned it a short time ago at the court of King Antiochus.
Arachne, CompleteGeorg Ebers
Antiochus III
- known as Antiochus the Great. 242–187 bc, king of Syria (223–187), who greatly extended the Seleucid empire but was forced (190) to surrender most of Asia Minor to the Romans
Antiochus IV
- ?215–164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175–164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees
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