Diodotus Tryphon, tyrant king of Syria

Diodotus Tryphon, Tryphon Autocrator or Trypho, tyrant king of Syria from 142 - "138 BC. King of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. Led a revolt against Alexander's successor Demetrius II Nicator in 144 BC. Murdered Antiochus VI and assumed the throne in 142 BC. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

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