antiochus

noun

1. (“the Great”) 241?–187 b.c., king of Syria 223–187.

noun

1. Antiochus Epiphanes, died 164? b.c., king of Syria 175–164?.

noun

1. known as Antiochus the Great. 242–187 bc, king of Syria (223–187), who greatly extended the Seleucid empire but was forced (190) to surrender most of Asia Minor to the Romans

noun

1. ?215–164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175–164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees