GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE LAGIDÆ, PTOLEMIES, AND SELEUCIDÆ

       Seleucus Nicator,
        b.c. 312-280.                        Ptolemy Soter (Dan. xi. 5).
            |                                     |
       Antiochus I. (Soter),                Ptolemy Philadelphus.
       b.c. 280.                                   |
            |                                     |
     +------+----------------+        +-----------+------+
     |                       |        |                  |
  Laodice==Antiochus II.  (Theos)==Berenice.         Ptolemy Euergetes,
          | b.c. 260-246.          |                  b.c. 285-247
          |                       |                  (Dan. xi. 7,8).
          |                 An infant, murdered          |
    +-----+-----------+        by Laodice.               |
    |                 |                           Ptolemy Philopator,
  Seleucus II.     Antiochus.                       b.c. 222-205
  (Kallinikos),                                   (Dan. xi. 10-12).
  d. b.c. 226.                                            |
      |                                                  |
   +--+------------------+                               |
   |                     |                               |
  Seleucus III.     Antiochus III. ("the Great"),        |
  (Keraunos).       b.c. 224 (Dan. xi. 10-12, 14).        |
                         |                               |
     +-------------------+------------------+            |
     |                   |                  |            |
  Seleucus         Antiochus IV.        Cleopatra==Ptolemy Epiphanes,
  Philopator.   (Epiphanes), b.c. 175.            |  b.c. 205-181
     |                   |                       |  (Dan. xi. 14).
     |                   |                +------+-----------------+
  Demetrius.         Antiochus V.,        |                        |
                     b.c. 164.     Ptolemy Philometor,          Ptolemy
                               b.c. 181-146 (Dan. xi. 25-30).  Euergetes
                                                                  II.

For a fuller list and further identifications see Driver, pp. 461, 462, and supra. For the genealogical table see Mr. Deane (Bishop Ellicott's Commentary, v. 402).

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