Person
Antiochus Hierax
king of Syria
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.