(), a usurper of the throne of Syria
during the reign of Demetrius II. Nicator. After the death of Alexander Balas in B. C. 146, Tryphon first set up Antiochus, the infant son of Balas, as a
pretender against Demetrius; but in B. C. 142 by murdered Antiochus
and reigned as king himself. Tryphon was defeated and put to death by Antiochus
Sidetes, the brother of Demetrius, B. C. 139, after a reign of three
years. For details and authorities, see DEMETRIUS II., p. 967.