Antipatris (Ancient Greek: Αντιπατρίς) is the name of a city built during the first century BCE by Herod the Great, who named it in honour of his father, Antipater. It stood at a site located today in central Israel, which has been inhabited from the Chalcolithic Period to the late Roman Period. The archaeological site which includes the remains of Antipatris is one of two places known today as Tel Afek (Hebrew: תל אפק‎) and has been identified as biblical Aphek, best known from the story of the Battle of Aphek. During the Crusader Period the site was known as Surdi fontes, "Silent springs".