Antiochus
E434054
Antiochus was the dynastic name borne by several Hellenistic rulers, most notably Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king known for his attempts to Hellenize Judea and his role in the events commemorated by Hanukkah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antiochus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4228145 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antiochus Context triple: [Antiochus IV Epiphanes, givenName, Antiochus]
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A.
Antiochus I
Antiochus I was a Hellenistic ruler of the Seleucid Empire in the early 3rd century BCE, known for consolidating his dynasty’s power in Asia and founding or lending his name to several cities, including Antioch.
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B.
Antiochus of Ascalon
Antiochus of Ascalon was a 1st-century BCE Greek philosopher who led a major turn in Platonism by rejecting radical skepticism and integrating Stoic and Peripatetic ideas into a more dogmatic, eclectic Platonist system.
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C.
Antiochus III the Great
Antiochus III the Great was a Hellenistic Seleucid king who significantly expanded his empire across the Near East before ultimately being defeated by Rome.
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D.
Antiochus VII Sidetes
Antiochus VII Sidetes was a 2nd-century BC Seleucid king known for temporarily restoring the empire’s power through successful campaigns against the Parthians before dying in battle.
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E.
Antiochus II Theos
Antiochus II Theos was a 3rd-century BC Seleucid king known for his conflicts with Ptolemaic Egypt and his role in the protracted Syrian Wars that shaped Hellenistic geopolitics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antiochus Target entity description: Antiochus was the dynastic name borne by several Hellenistic rulers, most notably Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king known for his attempts to Hellenize Judea and his role in the events commemorated by Hanukkah.
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A.
Antiochus I
Antiochus I was a Hellenistic ruler of the Seleucid Empire in the early 3rd century BCE, known for consolidating his dynasty’s power in Asia and founding or lending his name to several cities, including Antioch.
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B.
Antiochus of Ascalon
Antiochus of Ascalon was a 1st-century BCE Greek philosopher who led a major turn in Platonism by rejecting radical skepticism and integrating Stoic and Peripatetic ideas into a more dogmatic, eclectic Platonist system.
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C.
Antiochus III the Great
Antiochus III the Great was a Hellenistic Seleucid king who significantly expanded his empire across the Near East before ultimately being defeated by Rome.
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D.
Antiochus VII Sidetes
Antiochus VII Sidetes was a 2nd-century BC Seleucid king known for temporarily restoring the empire’s power through successful campaigns against the Parthians before dying in battle.
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E.
Antiochus II Theos
Antiochus II Theos was a 3rd-century BC Seleucid king known for his conflicts with Ptolemaic Egypt and his role in the protracted Syrian Wars that shaped Hellenistic geopolitics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dynastic name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Jewish historical tradition
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ancient Greek historiography ⓘ classical literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Asia Minor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Hellenistic religion ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Greek masculine given names
ⓘ
Royal names ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
-ochos (holder, possessor)
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anti- (against, opposite) ⓘ |
| gender | masculine name ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm | Antiochis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Antiocus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antiokhos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| meaningApproximate |
resolute
ⓘ
steadfast ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Antiochus I Soter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antiochus II Theos NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus III the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus IX Cyzicenus NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus V Eupator NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus VII Sidetes NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus VIII Grypus NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus X Eusebes NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus XI Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus XII Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus XIII Asiaticus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableHistoricalContext |
Hellenistic monarchies
ⓘ
Maccabean Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid–Ptolemaic conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse |
Hellenistic period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
| transliteration | Ἀντίοχος NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByDynasty | Seleucid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInCulture |
Ancient Greek culture
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Hellenistic world NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Antiochus Description of subject: Antiochus was the dynastic name borne by several Hellenistic rulers, most notably Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king known for his attempts to Hellenize Judea and his role in the events commemorated by Hanukkah.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.