Antiochis
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The name Antiochis, in Greek Ἀντιoχίς is the female name of Antiochus. Antiochis in Greek antiquity may refer to:
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[edit] Women
[edit] Hellenistic queens consort
- Antiochis, daughter of Achaeus, married to Attalus, and the mother of Attalus I, king of Pergamon[1]
- Antiochis, sister of Antiochus the Great, married to Xerxes of Armenia, king of Armosata, a city between the Euphrates and the Tigris.[2][3][4]
- Antiochis, a daughter of Antiochus the Great, married to Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia, bore to her husband one daughter and two sons.[5]
- Antiochis, concubine of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The cities of Tarsus and Mallus were given to her as a gift and the citizens of the cities revolted. Antiochus crushed the rebellion [6]
- Antiochis of Commagene, a daughter of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene
[edit] Physician
- Antiochis of Tlos in Lycia, a 1st century physician daughter of Diodotus (perhaps Diodotus the physician)[7]
[edit] Athenian clan (phyle)
- Antiochis, an Athenian Phyle was named Antiochis after Antiochus a mythical Attic hero. Aristides the just the son of Lysimachus, was of the tribe of Antiochis. For the subdivisions-townships of Antiochis in Attica, see deme.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ (Strab. xiii. p. 624.)
- ^ (Polyb. viii. 25.)
- ^ Appian, The foreign wars, Horace White (translator), New York, (1899)
- ^ Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Antiochis (2)", Boston, (1867)
- ^ http://www.livius.org/ap-ark/ariarathes/ariarathes_iv_eusebes.html
- ^ 2 Maccabees 4:30
- ^ Women Healers and Physicians: Climbing a Long Hill By Lilian R. Furst Page 134 ISBN 081310954X (1999)
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
