Soter
Soter derives from the Ancient Greek epithet Σωτήρ, meaning a saviour, a deliverer. The feminine form is Soteira or sometimes Soteria.
Soter was used as:
- A title of gods: Poseidon Soter, Zeus Soter, Dionysus Soter, Apollo Soter, Hades Soter, Helios Soter, Athena Soteira, Asclepius Soter, Persephone Soteira, and Hecate Soteira.
- The name of a distinct mythical figure, Soter (daimon)
- An epithet of several Hellenistic rulers:
- *Antigonus Monophthalmus, awarded the title for liberating Athens from Cassander
- *Ptolemy I Soter, ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt
- *Attalus I Soter, the ruler of the Kingdom of Pergamon
- *Antiochus I Soter, ruler of the Seleucid Empire
- *Demetrius I Soter, ruler of the Seleucid Empire
- *Menander I Soter, ruler of the Indo-Greek kingdom
- *Hermaeus Soter, a western Indo-Greek king
- *Diomedes Soter
- *Dionysios Soter
- *Polyxenos Epiphanes Soter
- *Rabbel II Soter
- *Seleucus III Ceraunus
- *Ptolemy IX, twice king of Ptolemaic Egypt
- *Diodotus I
- *Strato II
- *Strato I
- a title of liberators occurs several times in the New Testament, in the Epistle of Jude, 1 Timothy and Titus.
- Pope Soter,.