. "Demetrius III (died 88 BC), called Eucaerus (\"well-timed\" possibly a misunderstanding of the derogative name Akairos, \"the untimely one\"), Philopator and Soter, was a ruler of the Seleucid kingdom, the son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena.By the assistance of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, king of Egypt, he recovered part of his father's Syrian dominions ca. 95 BC, and held his court at Damascus, from where he tried to enlarge his dominions."@en . .