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Antĭŏchēa or Antĭŏchīa (like Alexandrēa, Alexandrīa, q. v.; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., and Ochsn. Eclog. 143), ae, f., = Ἀντιόχεια,
I.Antioch.
I. The name of several cities.
A. The most distinguished is that founded by Seleucus Nicator, and named after his father Antiochus; the chief town of Syria, on the Orontes, now Antakia, Just. 15, 4; Cic. Arch. 3, 4; cf. Mann. Syr. 363.—
B. A town in Caria, on the Mœander; also called ΙΙυθόπολις, Liv. 38, 13; Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108.—
C. In Mesopotamia, afterwards called Edessa, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86.—
D. In Mygdonia (Mesopotamia), Ἀντιόχεια Μυγδονική, now Nisibin, Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 42.—
E. In Macedonia; its inhabitants, Antiochienses, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35.—
II. The province of Syria, in which Antiochia, on the Orontes, was situated, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; Mel. 1, 11, 12.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, For Archias, 3.4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.35
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.42
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 13
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