The land of four cities seleucia, apamea, laodicea, and antiochia was founded by seleucus i nicator victor between 301 and 299 bce. Antiochus iv epiphanes and the jews a reassessment l ukasz niesio l owskispano t he t raditiona l view, which still domina tes in scholarship, of events related to antiochus iv epiphanes. Antiochus for his fathers wife, his stepmother, the romantic. Antiochus epiphanes was a greek tryant of the 2nd century b. Antiochus and stratonice painting by david britannica. In this excellent book, daniel ogden tackles headon a tricky, but fruitful. The method of the ordeal it is significant that, with few exceptions, the historical accounts of deceptiondetecting from the days of christ, through the middle ages, are the history of the ordeal. Antiochus, a mere 20 years old, assumed the throne of an empire in crisis. Other articles where antiochus and stratonice is discussed. The syriaca is a valuable source for the history of the ancient near east. Catherine hess, interim director of the art collections and chief curator of european art, stands beside a mid16thcentury italian cassone of carved walnut.
He was the younger son of antiochus i and princess stratonice, the daughter of. He struggled very hard with the beginnings of this passion, and at last, resolving with himself that his desires were wholly unlawful, his malady past all cure, and. Antiochus and stratonice was created in 1840 by jean auguste dominique ingres in neoclassicism style. King seleucus i, antiochus, and stratonice 155 lovestory was necessary for anybody who wanted to give to seleucus the glory of political wisdom and of the magnanimity of a good father x. Antiochus ii, the younger son of antiochus i and stratonice, succeeded his father in 261. He was decisively defeated by the romans in 190 and thereby lost control over asia minor. The story of antiochus and stratonice might well be called one of the. On the wall is the second panel of michele ciampantis antiochus and stratonice, ca. The city of stratoniceia in caria was named after her, but whether it. The legend of seleucus project muse johns hopkins university. Antiochus i soter, born 324 bcdied 262261, king of the seleucid kingdom of syria, who ruled about 292281 bc in the east and 281261 over the whole kingdom. Erasistratus the physician discovers the love of antiochus for. Humanities, art, music history antiquity antiochus i soter.
Ogden here first presents the story of antiochus and stratonice in its most au. Jan 09, 2012 antiochus, the son of seleucus, had fallen passionately in love with his stepmother stratonice, the young queen, who had already made seleucus the father of a son. In an amazing display of prophetic revelation, daniel the prophet, several centuries earlier, had detailed some of the exploits of this political monster. Lovesickness in art and medicine hektoen international. African studies american studies ancient near east and egypt art history asian studies book history and cartography biblical studies classical studies education. Until its recent rediscovery, this ambitious history painting had long been considered a lost work by rubens on account of an enthusiastic account of it given by sir joshua reynolds after he saw it in a private collection in antwerp. Antiochus, a syrian prince falls in love with his stepmother, stratonice, and is dying from this love. Philips increasing deterioration philip v medea and the palace at ecbatana antiochus the great in media antiochus moves into hyrcania fighting on mount labus antiochus.
Antiochus i was also called antiochus i soter or antiochus the savior. Dictionary of greek and roman biography and mythology. Antiochus and stratonice is one of artworks by jacqueslouis david. Antiochus i soter unknown 261 bc, was a king of the hellenistic seleucid empire. The book is generously crossreferenced, indexed, and illustrated with. This book deals with the war that the romans and the seleucid king. Find more prominent pieces of history painting at best visual art database. Antiochus i, syria amazing bible timeline with world history. Striving vigorously to restore the strength of the seleucid empire, antiochus founded more new greek cities than all his predecessors. Antiochus and stratonice was created in 1774 by jacqueslouis david in neoclassicism style. He noted that every time stratonice came within sight of the patient, the young mans pulse accelerated, becoming bouncing or irregular, his voice faltering as he began blushing and sweating. Polybius, histories, book 10, antiochus engages the bactrians. While reading the above listed main chapters of the book, i remained. He liberated ephesus, ionia, cilicia and pamphylia from egyptian domination, and in return for their autonomy the cities of asia minor gave him the title theos god.
Son of antiochus iii who became king after his brother, seleucus iv, had been murdered by heliodorus. He succeeded his father antiochus i soter in the winter of 26261 bc. Erasistratus the physician discovers the love of antiochus. Jason jackson discusses some of daniels stunning predictions in this. Stratonice syria historical records and family trees. African studies american studies ancient near east and egypt art history asian studies book history and cartography biblical studies classical studies education history jewish studies literature and cultural studies languages and linguistics media. Antiochus is seen as the little horn of daniel 8, the prince who is to come of daniel 9, and the final king of the north of daniel 11. So far the oldest standalone artistic rendering of the antiochus and stratonice story that i have found is this unsigned and undated painting 220. I emphasize the standalone because one of the lunettes in the sala dellvenere in the palazzo pitti in florence has the. He became coruler with his father in 294 and at the same time married his fathers second wife, stratonice i daughter of demetrius poliorcetes, whom his father had married in 298. Under great external pressures, he consolidated his kingdom and encouraged the founding of cities. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia antiochus i and stratonice, a painting by jacqueslouis david 1774.
Antiochus iv, antiochus epiphanes international standard. Strife within the royal family had rent the kingdom into shards, usurpers claimed territory from babylonia to asia minor, advisors strove against each other for power and wealth, and. Jan 23, 2017 he promptly diagnosed what was wrong with antiochus by the simple expedient of taking his pulse. The greatest crisis of the jewish people during the hellenistic era involved the persecution imposed by the ruler of syria, antiochus iv epiphanes. The history of the loves of antiochus and stratonice. Georgia tsouni challenges previous characterisations of antiochus philosophical project as eclectic and shows how his. Based in history but transmuted by legend and literature, the story of antiochus and stratonice was perhaps most honestly celebrated by petrarch in his poem the. We could imagine, then, that the close connection between the two aspects is a product of royal propaganda, which was avidly taken up by interested. Why do adventists reject the position, so widely held, that antiochus epiphanes fulfills the prophecy of the little horn of daniel 7 or 8, both, with his suppression of the jewish sacrifices between 167 and 164 b. Antiochus epiphanes is a tyrannical figure in jewish history, and he is also a foreshadowing of the coming antichrist. Antiochus of ascalon stanford encyclopedia of philosophy.
Antiochus married his stepmother, stratonice, daughter of demetrius poliorcetes. Antiochus iii the great, byname antiochus the great, greek antiochus megas, born 242 bce died 187, near susa, iran, seleucid king of the hellenistic syrian empire from 223 bce to 187, who rebuilt the empire in the east but failed in his attempt to challenge roman ascendancy in europe and asia minor. He mentions three decrees issued by antiochus concerning the jews. This led to the maccabaean revolt, one of the most heroic feats in history. Discovering the cause of antiochus disease, a history painting on a subject set by the jury, depicting an episode from plutarchs lives in which greek court physician erasistratus diagnoses the illness of antiochus, the son of seleucus i, as lovesickness for his stepmother stratonice. He was the son of seleucus i who had founded the seleucid dynasty. The syriaca is a valuable source for the history of the ancient near east between the. He fell in love with his fathers new wife stratonice of syria, but kept this a secret despite falling mortally ill because of it. He did not, like his father, seek to expand in europe. After vanquishing antiochus and the seleucids, the jews cleaned and restored the temple in 165. The history of the loves of antiochus and stratonice theobald, mr. Antiochus iv, antiochus epiphanes epiphanes, epifanaz, illustrious. His prizewinning work, antiochus and stratonice, reveals that at this point he could still be influenced slightly by the rococo charm of the painter francois boucher, who had been a family friend. Media in category antiochus et stratonice jacques louis david the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.
Antiochus epiphanes and the prophetic specifications of daniel. Antiochus i was half persian, his mother apama being one of the eastern princesses whom alexander the great had given as wives to his generals in 324 bc. He was the younger son of antiochus i and princess stratonice, the daughter of demetrius poliorcetes. Historical records and family trees related to stratonice syria. Stratonice of syria was the daughter of king demetrius poliorcetes and phila, the daughter of antipater. This book offers a fresh analysis of the account of peripatetic ethics in ciceros on ends 5, which goes back to the firstcentury bce philosopher antiochus of ascalon. Erasistratus the physician discovers the love of antiochus for stratonice was painted in 1772, the year george iii appointed benjamin west historical painter to. Jan 12, 20 antiochus iv epiphanes was the son of antiochus iii and he ruled the seleucid empire from 175 b. Antiochus, the son of seleucus, had fallen passionately in love with his stepmother stratonice, the young queen, who had already made seleucus the father of a son. When seleucus was relatively old, he married the young and beautiful stratonice or stratonica. I emphasize the standalone because one of the lunettes in the sala dellvenere in the palazzo pitti in florence has the same topic. His grieving father, who has recently taken stratonice as his wife, summons a doctor. Antiochus fell mysteriously ill, and was confined to his bed as a result. Stratonice of syria was queen of the seleucid empire from 300 bc until 294 bc and from 281.
Art uk is the online home for every public collection in the uk. Antiochus and the antichrist this is the way the world endsnot with a bang but a whimper. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists. Eliot conclude his melancholy poem, the hollow men. He was a vicious enemy of the jewish people, outlawing judaism and descrating the sacred hebrew temple. The doctor erasistratus discovered the cause of antiochus sickness, since he became agitated and his heartbeat quickened when stratonice entered the room. The marriage of his father with apama was one of those marriages which alexander celebrated at susa in b. His original name was mithradates alternative form mithridates. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. The antiochus bust discovery is important in the study of biblical archaeology, it reveals an image of the man who was mentioned in the book of daniel. Antiochus iv rules amazing bible timeline with world history. Stratonice was begotten of the intimacies of antiochus and the queen.
Striving vigorously to restore the strength of the seleucid empire, antiochus founded more. Artwork analysis, large resolution images, user comments, interesting facts and much more. But by the time of his own death, seceucus had reconstructed the bulk of alexanders empire, built antioch, and become a king in his turn, one respected for justness in an age of cruelty. Studio of sir peter paul rubens siegen 15771640 antwerp. Antiochus iv epiphanes was the son of antiochus iii and he ruled the seleucid empire from 175 b. Apr 07, 2017 in the chaos that followed the death of alexander the great his distinguished marshal seleucus was reduced to a fugitive, with only a horse to his name. Antiochus iv usurped the throne of his brother seleucus iv who died. Erasistratus discovering the cause of antiochus disease french.
The prophet daniel predicts an atrocity in the temple in. Antioch or antiochia was an ancient city located on the orontes river near the amanus mountains in syria. May 20, 2012 the union commenced under such strange auspices seems to have been a prosperous one, but we find little subsequent mention of stratonice. Many are convinced this description will likely be close to realitythat the earth will finally roll to a meaningless stop, and the world of men will simply shuffle off into a quiet oblivion. He received this name after he stopped the gauls from overrunning asia minor. Antiochus and stratonice, 1840 jean auguste dominique. In 300 bc, at which time she could not have been more than seventeen years of age, her hand in marriage was sought by seleucus, king of the seleucid empire.
The battle of panias marked a turning point in jewish history. Media in category antiochus et stratonice ingres the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Antiochus of ascalon first published tue mar 1, 2005. The work is a history painting depicting an episode from plutarchs lives in which greek court physician erasistratus diagnoses the illness of antiochus, the son. Daschs, he wrote after a visit to the collector in. Ogden reads the story of antiochus and stratonice primarily in the. Antiochus named the city of stratonikeia in caria after stratonice. By his victory over the egyptians in 198 syria gained control of palestine. The history of the loves of antiochus and stratonice foundations of the novel lewis theobald on. Erasistratus the physician discovers the love of antiochus for stratonice was created in 1772 by benjamin west in neoclassicism style. For other persons with the same name, see stratonice. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles.
Mar 17, 2016 antiochus and stratonica 1774 according to plutarchs lives, antiochus was the son of king seleucus i of syria. Noticing that the sight of the young woman quickens antiochus s pulse and that passion causes his sickness, the doctor describes the youths predicament to his father, who selflessly offers stratonice to his son. Antiochus i was known as the second ruler of this dynasty and he governed lands that stretched. This is a readable history of the reign of antiochus iii the great ruler of the seleucid state founded by seleukos nikator, one of the successor generals of alexander the great, who went a good way to recreating alexanders empire before his death. Find more prominent pieces of mythological painting at best visual art database. Questions on doctrine is the book written in response to questions put to the seventhday adventist church by walter martin. Pdf antiochus iv epiphanes and the jews a reassessment. Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists.
Although many facets of his life are indeed obscure it seems that he. The source of information concerning the attitude of this seleucid toward the jews is josephus, but unfortunately his accustomed desire to represent all great rulers as friendly to the jews has led him to incorporate in his history much that is legendary. His father is thus shown collapsed at the foot of the bed. The seleucid holdings were greatly reduced, particularly by the egyptians under ptolemy ii. The sickness of antiochus or stratonice and antiochus is an 1840 painting by the french artist jean auguste dominique ingres. He struggled very hard with the beginnings of this passion, and at last, resolving with himself that his desires were wholly unlawful. Although only his books on the roman civil wars survive in their entirety, large parts of.
Antiochus the savior, unknown 261 bc, was a king of the hellenistic seleucid empire. Seleucus and stratonice had one child, a daughter phila, when it was discovered that her stepson antiochus was deeply enamoured of her. Antiochus and stratonice 1470 by michele di pietro ciampanti. In babylonian texts, she is referred to as astartanikku. Antiochus should not be seen as the little horn of daniel 7, for that horn arose from the fourth beast, or the fourth world empire, which is a world empire after greece. The love of antiochus with faire stratonica in art jstor. Jan 01, 20 antiochus the great depicts the life and times of one of the major seleucid kings.
In the opening months of the year in which the above events occurred several unimportant engagements took place in spain between sextus digitius, the praetor, and the numerous cantons which after the departure of m. In order to save the life of his son which was supposedly endangered by the violence of his passion, seleucus gave up stratonice in marriage to him in 294 bc. Nissim of kairouan assigns the scroll an important position in the literature of the apocrypha. Antiochus i soter, 97861867781, 6186778x,97861867781.
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