Antiochis
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The name Antiochis, in Greek Ἀντιoχίς is the female name of Antiochus
. Antiochis in Greek antiquity may refer to:
Antiochus
-The Seleucid Empire:* Antiochus , father of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Hellenstic Seleucid Empire* Antiochus I Soter , king of the Seleucid Empire...
. Antiochis in Greek antiquity may refer to:
Hellenistic queens consort
- Antiochis, daughter of AchaeusAchaeus (son of Seleucus I Nicator)Achaeus was a Greek Macedonian nobleman and was the second son born to King and founder of the Seleucid Empire Seleucus I Nicator and Persian noblewoman Apama I. Achaeus was of Greek and Persian descent. He had three siblings: one brother the Seleucid King Antiochus I Soter and two sisters: Apama...
, married to Attalus, and the mother of Attalus IAttalus IAttalus I , surnamed Soter ruled Pergamon, an Ionian Greek polis , first as dynast, later as king, from 241 BC to 197 BC. He was the second cousin and the adoptive son of Eumenes I, whom he succeeded, and was the first of the Attalid dynasty to assume the title of king in 238 BC...
, king of PergamonPergamonPergamon , or Pergamum, was an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey, in Mysia, today located from the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus , that became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC... - Antiochis, sister of Antiochus the Great, married to Xerxes of ArmeniaXerxes of ArmeniaXerxes .He succeeded his father Arsames I to rule both Sophene and Commagene in 228 BC, his brother Orontes IV ruled Armenia....
, king of Armosata, a city between the Euphrates and the Tigris. - Antiochis, a daughter of Antiochus the Great, married to Ariarathes IV of CappadociaAriarathes IV of CappadociaAriarathes IV Eusebes , son of the king of Cappadocia Ariarathes III and Stratonice. He was a child at his accession, and reigned 220—163 BC, about 57 years. He married Antiochis, the daughter of Antiochus III the Great, king of Syria, and wife Laodice III, and, in consequence of this alliance,...
, bore to her husband one daughter and two sons. - Antiochis, one of the daughters of Antiochus IV EpiphanesAntiochus IV EpiphanesAntiochus IV Epiphanes ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great. His original name was Mithridates; he assumed the name Antiochus after he ascended the throne....
and the child from Antiochus’ concubine. The cities of Tarsus and Mallus were given to her as a gift and the citizens of the cities revolt. Antiochus crushed the rebellion - Antiochis of CommageneAntiochis of CommageneAntiochis of Commagene was a Princess from the Kingdom of Commagene, who lived in the 1st century BC. Antiochis was of Greek and Armenian descent....
, a daughter of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene
Physician
- Antiochis of TlosTlosTlos is known to have been one of the most important religious centers of the Lycian region in Antalya province of Turkey.It is known as the city where mythological hero Bellerophon and his winged flying horse Pegasus lived. Determined as the oldest city of Lycian Region by the archaeological...
in LyciaLyciaLycia Lycian: Trm̃mis; ) was a region in Anatolia in what are now the provinces of Antalya and Muğla on the southern coast of Turkey. It was a federation of ancient cities in the region and later a province of the Roman Empire...
, a 1st century physician daughter of Diodotus (perhaps Diodotus the physician)
Athenian clan (phyle)
- Antiochis, an Athenian PhylePhylePhyle is an ancient Greek term for clan or tribe. They were usually ruled by a basileus...
was named Antiochis after AntiochusAntiochus (mythology)In Greek mythology, the name Antiochus may refer to:*Son of Heracles and Meda. Both his maternal grandfather and his own son bore the name Phylas. He was the eponym of the Athenian phyle Antiochis....
a mythical Attic hero. AristidesAristidesAristides , 530 BC – 468 BC was an Athenian statesman, nicknamed "the Just".- Biography :Aristides was the son of Lysimachus, and a member of a family of moderate fortune. Of his early life, it is only told that he became a follower of the statesman Cleisthenes and sided with the aristocratic party...
the just the son of Lysimachus, was of the tribe of Antiochis. For the subdivisions-townships of Antiochis in Attica, see demeDemeIn Ancient Greece, a deme or demos was a subdivision of Attica, the region of Greece surrounding Athens. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and earlier, but did not acquire particular significance until the reforms of Cleisthenes in...
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