entities: ENT_STJ_ANTIOCHUS_IV

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_STJ_ANTIOCHUS_IV Antiochus IV Epiphanes   Israelite/Second Temple Foreign king Deuterocanonical adversary persecution, Temple desecration   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Seleucid king (r. 175-164 BCE) whose persecution and desecration of the Temple sparked the Maccabean revolt; antagonist of 1-2 Maccabees (NRSV Apocrypha) and Josephus. Distinct from the Carpocratian Epiphanes. ruler

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