Antiochus (mythology)
For other uses, see Antiochus.
In Greek mythology, the name Antiochus (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος) 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 eight sons of Melas who were killed by Tydeus for plotting against Oeneus.[3]
- Antiochus, one of the sons of Pterelaus.[4][5]
- Antiochus, one of the sons of Aegyptus. He married (and was killed by) Itea, daughter of Danaus.[6]
- Antiochus, one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur.
References
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 37. 1
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 5. 2 & 10. 10. 1
- ↑ Bibliotheca 1. 8. 3
- ↑ Bibliotheca 2. 4. 5
- ↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 932
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 170
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