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Antiochus VIII Grypus

141 BC - 96 BC

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Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus (Greek: Γρυπός, "hook-nose"), was the ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from 125 to 96 BC. He was the younger son of Demetrius II and Cleopatra Thea. He may have spent his early life in Athens and returned to Syria after the deaths of his father and brother Seleucus V. At first he was joint ruler with his mother. Fearing her influence, Antiochus VIII had Cleopatra Thea poisoned in 121 BC. Political instability affected most of Antiochus VIII's reign. From 116 BC he fought a civil war against his half-brother Antiochus IX. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antiochus VIII Grypus has received more than 141,652 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Antiochus VIII Grypus is the 3,521st most popular politician (up from 4,493rd in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Greece (up from 283rd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Antiochus VIII Grypus ranks 3,521 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Kōgen, Andrew Dickson White, Lycurgus of Athens, Ernst vom Rath, Henry II, Duke of Austria, and Alfonso II of Asturias. After him are Emperor Seimu, Emperor Ping of Han, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Emperor Taizong of Liao, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Shimon bar Yochai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 141 BC, Antiochus VIII Grypus ranks 1. After him are Tryphaena, and Lucius Marcius Philippus. Among people deceased in 96 BC, Antiochus VIII Grypus ranks 1. After him are Ptolemy Apion, and Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Antiochus VIII Grypus ranks 230 out of 1,024. Before him are Athenagoras of Athens (133), Plutarch of Athens (350), Idomeneus of Crete (null), Archidamus II (-450), Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896), and Lycurgus of Athens (-390). After him are Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), Corinna (-501), Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Archelaus (-500), and Alexander I of Epirus (-362).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Antiochus VIII Grypus ranks 93. Before him are Antiphon (-480), Pausanias of Sparta (null), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Idomeneus of Crete (null), Archidamus II (-450), and Lycurgus of Athens (-390). After him are Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), and Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956).

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