Antiochea

Antĭŏchēa or Antĭŏchīa (like Alexandrēa, Alexandrīa, q. v.; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., and Ochsn. Eclog. 143), ae, f., = Antiocheia, 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 IIuthopolis, Liv. 38, 13; Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108.—

C.

In Mesopotamia, afterwards called Edessa, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86.—

D.

In Mygdonia (Mesopotamia), Antiocheia ê Mugdonikê, 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.