__NOTOC__ Epiphanes (), meaning "Manifest" or "the Glorious/Illustrious", is an ancient Greek epithet borne by several

Hellenistic In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the R ...

rulers. It produced the Russian-language given name

Yepifan Yepifan () is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Kimovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Don River about southeast of Kimovsk and southeast of Tula, in the proximity of the Kulikovo Field. Populati ...

/Epifan. Notable people with the name include. *

Antiochus IV Epiphanes Antiochus IV Epiphanes ( 215 BC–November/December 164 BC) was king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. Notable events during Antiochus' reign include his near-conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt, his persecution of the Jews of ...

(c. 215–164 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire *

Alexander Balas Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas (), was the ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 150 BC to August 145 BC. Picked from obscurity and supported by the neighboring Roman-allied Kingdom of Pergamon, Alexander landed in Phoenicia in 1 ...

, ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 150 BC to 145 BC, was called Epiphanes *

Antiochus XI Epiphanes Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus (; died 93 BC) was a Seleucid Empire, Seleucid monarch who reigned as List of Syrian monarchs, King of Syria between 94 and 93 BC, during the Hellenistic period. He was the son of Antiochus VIII Grypus, Antioch ...

(reigned 95–92 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire * Ariarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator (reigned 130–116 BC), King of Cappadocia * Ariarathes VIII Epiphanes (reigned 101–96 BC), King of Cappadocia * Epiphanes (gnostic), legendary Gnostic writer * Gaius Julius Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the last king of Commagene who reigned between 38–72 *

Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes, also known as Julius Archelaus Epiphanes; Epiphanes; Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes or simply known as Gaius (Greek: Γάιος Ἰούλιος Ἀρχέλαος Ἀντίοχος Ἐπιφανής, 38 ...

(38-92), prince of the Kingdom of Commagene *

Seleucus VI Epiphanes Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (; between 124 and 109 BC – 94 BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who ruled Syria between 96 and 94 BC. He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his Ptolemaic Egyptian wife Tryphaena. Seleucus VI lived durin ...

(reigned 96–95 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire * Plato Epiphanes, Greco-Bactrian king of the 2nd century BC *

Polyxenos Epiphanes Soter Polyxenus Epiphanes Soter (, "Polyxenus the Illustrious Saviour") was an Indo-Greek king who ruled briefly in western Punjab or Gandhara. Date Osmund Bopearachchi places Polyxenus c. 100 BCEBopearachchi (1998) and R. C. Senior c. 85–80 BCE. ...

(ca. 100 BC), Indo-Greek ruler *

Ptolemy V Epiphanes Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistus (, ''Ptolemaĩos Epiphanḗs Eukháristos'' "Ptolemy the Manifest, the Beneficent"; 9 October 210–September 180 BC) was the Pharaoh, King of Ptolemaic Egypt from July or August 204 BC until his death in 180 BC. ...

(reigned 204–181 BC), ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty *

Mithridates II of Parthia Mithridates II (also spelled Mithradates II or Mihrdad II; ''Mihrdāt'') was king of the Parthian Empire from 124 to 91 BC. Considered one of the greatest of his dynasty to ever rule, he was known as Mithridates the Great in antiquity. Mithridate ...

, king of the Parthian Empire *

Nicomedes II Epiphanes Nicomedes II Epiphanes (Greek: Νικομήδης ὁ Ἐπιφανής "Nicomedes God-Manifest") was the king of Bithynia from 149 to c. 127 BC. He was fourth in descent from Nicomedes I. Nicomedes II was the son and successor of Prusias II and ...

, king of Bithynia of the 2nd century BC

Animals

* ''Epiphanes'' (rotifer), a genus of rotifer in the order Ploima. *'' Hypermastus epiphanes'', a sea snail in the family Eulimidae *'' Inape epiphanes'', a moth of the family Tortricidae *'' Izatha epiphanes'', a moth of the family Oecophoridae

Animals

See also