ANTIOCHUS EURATOR, king of Syria, 164 years before Christ. By the advice of Lyfias his son-in-law, he entered Judea, with an army of 80,000 foot, and 80 elephants; but was defeated by Judas Maccabeus. He was killed by Demetrius his cousin-german, 162 years before the Christian æra.
There have been several other princes of the same name.
ANTIOCHUS of Ascalon, a celebrated philosopher, the disciple of Philo of Larissa, the master of Cicero, and the friend of Lucullus and Brutus. He was founder of a fifth academy; but, instead of attacking other sects, he set himself down to reconcile them together, particularly the sect of the stoics with that of the ancient academy.