Antiochus_(mythology)
In Greek mythology, the name Antiochus (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οχη oche "support") 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 Aetolian eight sons of Melas who were killed by Tydeus for plotting against Oeneus.[3]
- Antiochus, a Taphian prince as one of the sons of King Pterelaus of Taphos.[4]
- Antiochus, one of the sons of Aegyptus. He married (and was killed by) Itea, daughter of Danaus.[5]
- Antiochus, one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur.