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DEMETRIUS III

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 983 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEMETRIUS III . (d. 88 B.C.), called Euergetes and Philometor, was the son of See also:Antiochus VIII. Grypus. By the assistance of See also:Ptolemy X. Lathyrus, See also:king of See also:Egypt, he recovered See also:part of his Syrian dominions from Antiochus X. Eusebes, and held his See also:court at See also:Damascus. In attempting to dethrone his See also:brother, See also:Philip Epiphanes, he was defeated by the See also:Arabs and Parthians, was taken prisoner, and kept in confinement in See also:Parthia by King See also:Mithradates until his See also:death in 88 B.C.

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