Antiochus IV Epiphanes (sources)

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Survey of ancient sources on Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Overview

Jewish sources

Book of Daniel

Book of Daniel (7:8,20,24,25; 8:9-12,23-25; 9:26-27; 11:21-39 are generally identified with Antiochus Epiphanes)

1 Maccabees

1 Macc 1-6

2 Maccabees

2 Macc 3-10

Josephus, Jewish War

Bel I 31-40

Josephus, Jewish Antiquities

Ant XII 234ff Ant XV 41

Greco-Roman Sources

  • Appian of Alexandria, Syrian Wars, 39, 45, 66
  • Cassius Dio, Roman History, 20
  • Diodorus of Sicily, Library of World History, 29.32, 30.2, 30.14-18, 31.1-2, 31.16-18, 34/35.1
  • Livy, History of Rome, 41.24-25, 42.6, 45.11-13
  • Polybius of Megalopolis, World History, 3.3, 26, 27.19, 28.1, 28.17-23, 29.2, 29.23-27, 30.25-27