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