the name of several kings of Syria. See that article.

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.