Antiochis

The name Antiochis (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιoχίς) is the female name of Antiochus.

Women

Seleucid Princesses & Hellenistic Queen Consorts

• 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

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

Athenian clan (phyle)

• 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

• Antiochianus

References

1. Strab. xiii. p. 624.
2. Polyb. viii. 25.
3. Appian, The foreign wars, Horace White (translator), New York City, (1899)
4. Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Antiochis (2)" Archived October 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, Boston, (1867)
5. "Ariarathes IV Eusebes". www.livius.org. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07.
6. 2 Maccabees 4:30
7. 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.