Antiochus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the name Antiochus (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οχη oche "support") may refer to:
- Antiochus, son of Heracles and Meda.[1] Both his maternal grandfather and his own son bore the name Phylas. He was the eponym of the Athenian phyle Antiochis.[2]
- Antiochus, one of the eight sons of Melas who were killed by Tydeus for plotting against Oeneus.[3]
- Antiochus, one of the sons of Pterelaus.[4][5]
- Antiochus, one of the sons of Aegyptus. He married (and was killed by) Itea, daughter of Danaus.[6]
- Antiochus, one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur.
References
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 37. 1
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 5. 2 & 10. 10. 1
- ^ Bibliotheca 1. 8. 3
- ^ Bibliotheca 2. 4. 5
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 932
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 170
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