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• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Antiochus VIII Epiphanes ("doorluchtige"), Callinicus ("overwinnaar"), Philometor ("zijn moeder liefhebbend"), bijgenaamd Grypos (Grypos: "haviksneus") (141 - 96 v.Chr.) was van 125 tot 114 v.Chr. en van 111 tot 96 v.Chr. koning van Syrië. Tussen 125 en 121 v.Chr. was hij coregent met zijn moeder Cleopatra Thea.
  
  Tijdens de eerste drie jaren van zijn bewind ondervond hij actief tegenstand van Alexander II Zabinas, zijn rivaal in de strijd om de troon. Daarom onderhield hij uit pure noodzaak een goede verstandhouding met de Joodse Hasmoneese koningen, die in zekere mate het machtsevenwicht bezaten. Na de nederlaag van Alexander Zabinas, kon hij genieten van acht jaren ongestoorde alleenheerschappij en hij bleef zijn vriendschap met het Joodse volk onderhouden, want hij meende dat hij nog niet sterk genoeg was om de voorwaarden van het door Antiochus Sidetes gesloten verdrag met Johannes Hyrkanus af te dwingen. Noch slaagde hij er beter in om dit in de jaren 111-96 v.Chr. te doen. Want hoewel hij in staat was om een deel van Syrië te onttrekken aan de macht van zijn tegenstander, halfbroer en neef Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, behoorde het gedeelte van het land dat aan Palestina grensde niet tot dit heroverd gebied. Cyzenicus was waarschijnlijk verantwoordelijk voor de moord die aan Grypos' leven een einde maakte.
  
  Grypos liet zijn omstreden troon na aan niet minder dan vijf zonen die ieder -ook elkaar- de omstreden troon zouden betwisten. Dit maakte de chaos compleet in wat nog restte van het Seleucidenrijk

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus (hook-nose), was crowned as ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 125 BC. He was the son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea.
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  Biography
  
  Antiochus Grypus was crowned as a teenager in 125 BC after his mother Cleopatra Thea had killed his elder brother Seleucus V Philometor, ruling jointly with her. After Antiochus defeated usurper Alexander II Zabinas in 123 BC his mother tried to poison him with wine, but the suspicious king forced her to drink the cup herself. (The story may have been inspired by the fact that Grypus was interested in toxicology; some poems about poisonous herbs believed to have been written by him are quoted by the famous physician Galen).
  
  Either he or his half brother Antiochus IX Cyzicenus is probably identical with the ephemeral child ruler Antiochus Epiphanes, who was crowned by Cleopatra Thea after the death of Antiochus VII but before Demetrius II returned to Antioch. The child Antiochus Epiphanes, who is known from coins, was deposed—but not killed—when Demetrius II was restored in 129 BC.
  Coin of Antiochus VIII Grypus. Reverse: god Sandan standing on the horned lion, in his pyre surmounted by an eagle.
  
  Despite political shortcomings, Grypus was a popular king. His ugly, lazy appearance on coins (common among the last Seleucids), together with stories of his lavish banquets, made posterity believe his dynasty was degenerated and decadent. This was however a conscious image, an invocation of the Hellenistic idea Tryphe - meaning good life, which the last Seleucids strove to be associated with, as opposed to the exhausting civil wars and feuds which troubled their reigns in reality.
  
  A story of his luxurious parties claims he sent food home with guests who attended banquets, complete with a camel as beast of burden, as well as a with attendant to carry the guest himself. This should certainly have caused some strain on the already depleted treasury.[1]
  Family
  
  He married the Ptolemaic princess Tryphaena, but in 116 BC his half-brother and cousin Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (see Antiochus VII Sidetes) returned from exile and a civil war began. Cyzicenus' wife, also named Cleopatra, was a half-sister of Tryphaena and was eventually killed in a dramatic fashion in the temple of Daphne outside Antioch, on the order of Tryphaena. Cyzicenus eventually killed Tryphaena as revenge. The two brothers then divided Syria between them until Grypus was killed by his minister Heracleon in 96 BC.
  
  Five of Grypus' sons later rose to kingship:
  
  Seleucus VI Epiphanes
  Antiochus XI Ephiphanes Philadelphus
  Philip I Philadelphus
  Demetrius III Eucaerus
  Antiochus XII Dionysus
  
  This contributed to the confusion of civil war amid which the Seleucid empire ended.
  
  He also had at least one daughter:
  
  Laodice VII Thea, married to king Mithridates I Callinicus of Commagene as part of a settlement by Mithridates' father Sames II Theosebes Dikaios to ensure peace between the Kingdom of Commagene and the Seleucid Empire. Laodice and Mithridates' son was king Antiochus I Theos of Commagene. This was a grandson to Grypus.

• A child of Demetrius II "Nicator" Seleukid and Cleopatra Thea
• This information was last updated on November 29, 2012.

Household of Antiochus VIII "Grypos" Seleukid

(1) He is married to Cleopatra Selena I van Egypte.

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(2) He is married to Tryphaena van Egypte.

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6. Laodice VII Thea Seleukid   

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