antiochus iii the prophecy in daniel about antiochus is an example of vaticum ex eventu daniel is known in the form we have it to have been written pseudepigraphically in the nd century bc the aramaic middle chapters may be a century or so earlier during antiochus' persecution of the jews also see encarta albertz dever the jerusalem bible's introduction probably any introductory textbook to biblical studies i took out the reference to the prophecy because saying there is a mysterious prophecy that some believe refers to antiochus is misleading the prophecy does refer to him because it was written during his reign retroactively and stating this in the article will generate an edit war with evangelicals which is bad for the quality of the article therefore since it is a peripheral detail i believe it is best left out of the article it is dealt with in the book of daniel article which can be linked to the article on antiochus