Soter

Soter derives from the Ancient Greek epithet (''Sōtḗr''), meaning a saviour, a deliverer. The feminine form is Soteira (Σώτειρα, ''Sṓteira'') or sometimes Soteria (Σωτηρία, ''Sōtería'').

Soter was used as: * A title of gods: Poseidon Soter, Zeus Soter, Dionysus Soter, Apollo Soter, Hades Soter, Helios Soter, Athena Soteira, Asclepius Soter, and Hecate Soteira. * The name of a distinct mythical figure, Soter (daimon) * An epithet of several Hellenistic rulers: **Antigonus Monophthalmus (382–301 BCE), awarded the title for liberating Athens from Cassander **Ptolemy I Soter, ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt (reigned 323 –283 BCE) **Attalus I Soter, the ruler of the Kingdom of Pergamon (reigned 241–197 BCE) **Antiochus I Soter, ruler of the Seleucid Empire (reigned 281 –261 BCE) **Demetrius I Soter, ruler of the Seleucid Empire (reigned 161–150 BCE) **Menander I Soter, ruler of the Indo-Greek kingdom (reigned c. 165/155 –130 BCE) **Hermaeus Soter, a western Indo-Greek king (reigned 90–70 BCE) **Diomedes Soter **Dionysios Soter **Polyxenos Epiphanes Soter **Rabbel II Soter **Seleucus III Ceraunus **Ptolemy IX (died 81 BCE), twice king of Ptolemaic Egypt **Diodotus I **Strato II **Strato I * a title of liberators (see also eleutherios (disambiguation) *a title of Jesus of Nazareth, which came into use some time after the death of Paul the Apostle, most particularly in the fish acronym *the term "God our Saviour" (, dative) occurs several times in the New Testament, in the Epistle of Jude, 1 Timothy and Titus. *Pope Soter, . Provided by Wikipedia