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Headword:
Antiocheia
Adler number: alpha,2692
Translated headword: Antiocheia, Antiochia, Antioch
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the city [of that name]. It was created by
Seleukos; but it was named after his son Antiochos.[1]
Also [sc. attested is] Antiochis, a name of a tribe.[2]
Antiocheia: hê polis. pepoiêtai men hupo Seleukou: ônomastai de apo tou paidos Antiochou. kai Antiochis, onoma phulês.
Notes:
[1] There were several Antiochs, but this is the best-known (founded 300 BCE in
Syria, Barrington Atlas map 67 grid D4); see generally OCD(4) pp.103-4, s.v.
Antioch(1). On Alexander the Great's comrade and successor, see generally OCD(4) s.v.
Seleucus(1) and
sigma 202.
[2] In post-Kleisthenic
Athens: see generally OCD(4) p.1144 (s.v. phylai). This addendum to the entry comes from Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 October 2000@03:46:12.
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