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Antiochus VIII Grypus

ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire
Years: 142BCE - 96BCE

Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus (hook-nose), is crowned as ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 125 BCE.

He is the son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea.