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.
