Antiochus Hierax

Antiochus Hierax (; Greek: Ἀντίoχoς Ἱέραξ, transl. “Hawk”), or Antiochus III, (killed c. 226 BC), so called from his grasping and ambitious character, was the younger son of Antiochus II and Laodice I and separatist leader in the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, who ruled as king of Syria during his brother's reign.