Antiochus III

[ an-tahy-uh-kuh s ]

/ ænˈtaɪ ə kəs /

noun

(“the Great”) 241?–187 b.c., king of Syria 223–187.

Definition for antiochus (2 of 2)

Antiochus IV

noun

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.
Don't Let the Maccabees Win|Matt Lerner|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
About that time Antiochus was in Persia, and heard of the doings of Judas.
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I first learned it a short time ago at the court of King Antiochus.
Arachne, Complete|Georg Ebers
Antiochus, surnamed Epiphanes, reigned in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
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It is very probable that a similar reception awaited Antiochus I. in Ilium, so that he kept the city in good remembrance.
Troy and its Remains|Henry (Heinrich) Schliemann
Antiochus had already been so successful as to have gained the surname of 'the Great,' and was now aiming at universal dominion.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II|Aubrey Stewart & George Long

British Dictionary definitions for antiochus (1 of 2)

Antiochus III

/ (ænˈtaɪəkəs) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for antiochus (2 of 2)

Antiochus IV

noun

?215–164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175–164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees

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