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Antiochus Hierax

king of Syria
Years: 267BCE - 226BCE

Antiochus Hierax (Greek transl.

“Hawk”), or Antiochus III, (killed c. 226 BCE), so called from his grasping and ambitious character, is the younger son of Antiochus II and Laodice I and separatist leader in the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, who rules as king of Syria during his brother's reign.