Bakchides

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Bakchides ( Greek  Βακχίδης ) is the name of several ancient personalities:

  • Bakchides (general) , confidante of the Seleucid kings Antiochus IV. Epiphanes and Demetrios I Soter, fought against the Maccabees
  • Bakchides (eunuch) , confidante of Mithridates' VI. von Pontos, on whose behalf he 71 BC For the killing of two sisters and two wives of his master

Bacchides is the name of an ancient literary work: