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 Aetolian eight sons of Melas who were killed by Tydeus for plotting against Oeneus.[3]
- Antiochus, a Taphian prince as one of the sons of King Pterelaus of Taphos.[4]
- Antiochus, one of the sons of Aegyptus. He married (and was killed by) Itea, daughter of Danaus.[5]
- Antiochus, one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur.
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References
[edit]- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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