Antiochis

The name Antiochis, in Greek Ἀντιoχίς is the female name of Antiochus. Antiochis in Greek antiquity may refer to:

Women

Antiochis, 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, a daughter from the 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

Antiochis of Tlos in Lycia, a 1st-century physician daughter of Diodotus (perhaps Diodotus the physician)^[7]

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.

↑ 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)
↑ 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 0-8131-0954-X (1999)

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