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Soter derives from theAncient GreekepithetΣωτήρ (Sōtḗr), meaning asaviour, a deliverer. The feminine form isSoteira (Σώτειρα,Sṓteira) or sometimesSoteria (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, andHecate Soteira.
• The name of a distinct mythical figure,Soter (daimon)
• An epithet of severalHellenistic 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 alsoeleutherios (disambiguation)
• a title ofJesus of Nazareth, which came into use some time after the death ofPaul the Apostle,^[1] most particularly in thefish acronym
• the term "God our Saviour" (Greek:θεῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν, dative) occurs several times in theNew Testament, in theEpistle of Jude,^[2]1 Timothy andTitus.
• Pope Soter,r. ca. 167 – 174.

• Hellenistic religion
• Messiah
• Soteria (disambiguation)
• Soteriology, the study ofsalvation; inChristian contexts, the branch ofChristology dealing with Jesus' capacity as Saviour of humankind
• Sozusa (disambiguation)

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