Antiochus VI Dionysus
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Antiochus VI Dionysus was a short-lived Seleucid king of Syria installed as a child monarch during the dynasty’s internal power struggles in the 2nd century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antiochus VI Dionysus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18492982 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antiochus VI Dionysus Context triple: [Cleopatra Thea, child, Antiochus VI Dionysus]
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A.
Antiochus V Eupator
Antiochus V Eupator was a young Seleucid king who briefly ruled Syria in the mid-2nd century BCE during the Maccabean Revolt before being overthrown and executed by his cousin Demetrius I Soter.
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B.
Antiochus XII Dionysus
Antiochus XII Dionysus was a late Seleucid king who ruled parts of Syria in the 1st century BC during the dynasty’s final period of decline and fragmentation.
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C.
Antiochus VII Sidetes
Antiochus VII Sidetes was a 2nd-century BC Seleucid king known for temporarily restoring the empire’s power through successful campaigns against the Parthians before dying in battle.
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D.
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus was a Hellenistic Seleucid king who ruled parts of Syria in the late 2nd century BCE amid dynastic civil wars and fragmentation of the Seleucid Empire.
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E.
Antiochus VIII Grypus
Antiochus VIII Grypus was a Seleucid king who ruled a fragmented Syrian kingdom in the late 2nd century BCE, marked by dynastic civil wars and the empire’s continuing decline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antiochus VI Dionysus Target entity description: Antiochus VI Dionysus was a short-lived Seleucid king of Syria installed as a child monarch during the dynasty’s internal power struggles in the 2nd century BCE.
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A.
Antiochus V Eupator
Antiochus V Eupator was a young Seleucid king who briefly ruled Syria in the mid-2nd century BCE during the Maccabean Revolt before being overthrown and executed by his cousin Demetrius I Soter.
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B.
Antiochus XII Dionysus
Antiochus XII Dionysus was a late Seleucid king who ruled parts of Syria in the 1st century BC during the dynasty’s final period of decline and fragmentation.
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C.
Antiochus VII Sidetes
Antiochus VII Sidetes was a 2nd-century BC Seleucid king known for temporarily restoring the empire’s power through successful campaigns against the Parthians before dying in battle.
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D.
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus was a Hellenistic Seleucid king who ruled parts of Syria in the late 2nd century BCE amid dynastic civil wars and fragmentation of the Seleucid Empire.
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E.
Antiochus VIII Grypus
Antiochus VIII Grypus was a Seleucid king who ruled a fragmented Syrian kingdom in the late 2nd century BCE, marked by dynastic civil wars and the empire’s continuing decline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.