Demetrid

English Etymology From en Demetrius -id. Noun en rare historical A descendant of the Seleucid king Demetrius I Soter. en 1968 1964 w:Bo Reicke David E. Green The New Testament Era: The World of the Bible from 500 B.C. to A.D. 100 0800610806 65 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7Ij0xDEzmJUC&pg=PA65 The Seleuco-Demetrids were engaged in constant struggle with the Antiochids; each party found it necessary to guarantee the Jewish privileges. en 1998 Seán Freyne Galilee from Alexander the Great to Hadrian, 323 B.C.E. to 135 C.E.: A Study of Second Temple Judaism 9780567086273 40 In effect Jonathan became an official of the Seleucid administration and we catch a glimpse of the growing independence of his position in the various tax concessions that the Demetrids were prepared to grant him. en 2013 w:Chris Seeman Rome and Judea in Transition: Hasmonean Relations with the Roman Republic and the Evolution of the High Priesthood 9781433121036 178 Whoever this “Antiochus Epiphanes” was, he was swiftly superseded by another claimant introduced onto the playing board by Euergetes at the invitation of an anti-Demetrid faction in Syria. en People en eponyms