Antiochus

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/14132

Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator), believed by Benjamin to be the founder of Antioch, instead of his son.

Names

Hebrew: אנטיוכוס = ʾNṬYWKWS 1

Attributes

Male

Temporal Data

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Event Description	Date	Comp./Composition	MS./Manuscript	Ed./Edition
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela1	before c.1170	c.1173	13th C	1907

Sources

1Antiochus: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 26 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Liran Yadgar, and Laurel Kenner, “Antiochus” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14132.

Additional credit information:

Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
Liran Yadgar: abstract and gender assignment, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching

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