Antiochus VI Dionysus (ca.
148–138 BC), king of the
Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the son of
Alexander Balas and
Cleopatra Thea, daughter of
Ptolemy VI of Egypt.
Antiochus VI did not actually rule. He was nominated in
145 BC by the general
Diodotus Tryphon as heir to the throne in opposition to
Demetrius II, and remained the general's tool. In
142 BC, Diodotus deposed and succeeded him and in 138 BC announced that he had contracted an internal disease and supposedly required surgery, which was presumably used to cover his murder at his supposed benefactor's bequest.
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