The name Antiochis (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιoχίς) is the female name of Antiochus.
Women edit
Seleucid Princesses & Hellenistic Queen Consorts edit
- Antiochis I , a daughter of Achaeus and granddaughter of Seleucus I Nicator. She married Attalus and became the mother of Attalus I, King of Pergamon[1]
- Antiochis, a sister of Antiochus III the Great, being a daughter of Seleucus II Callinicus and Laodice II. She married Xerxes of Armenia, King of Arsamosata, a city between the Euphrates and the Tigris[2][3][4]
- Antiochis, a daughter of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III. She married Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia, and had one daughter and two sons by him[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
Physician edit
- Antiochis of Tlos in Lycia, a 1st-century physician daughter of Diodotus (perhaps Diodotus the physician)[7]
Athenian clan (phyle) edit
- Antiochis (tribe), 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.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Strab. xiii. p. 624.
- ^ Polyb. viii. 25.
- ^ Appian, The foreign wars, Horace White (translator), New York City, (1899)
- ^ Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Antiochis (2)" Archived October 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, Boston, (1867)
- ^ "Ariarathes IV Eusebes". www.livius.org. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07.
- ^ 2 Maccabees 4:30
- ^ Women Healers and Physicians: Climbing a Long Hill By Lilian R. Furst Page 134 ISBN 0-8131-0954-X (1999)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Antiochis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.