Antiochus and stratonice painting by david britannica. 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. 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. 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. Stratonice syria historical records and family trees. By his victory over the egyptians in 198 syria gained control of palestine. Pdf antiochus iv epiphanes and the jews a reassessment. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Antiochus named the city of stratonikeia in caria after stratonice. Jan 12, 20 antiochus iv epiphanes was the son of antiochus iii and he ruled the seleucid empire from 175 b. Media in category antiochus et stratonice ingres the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. The love of antiochus with faire stratonica in art jstor.
Antiochus ii, the younger son of antiochus i and stratonice, succeeded his father in 261. The syriaca is a valuable source for the history of the ancient near east. Antiochus fell mysteriously ill, and was confined to his bed as a result. In babylonian texts, she is referred to as astartanikku. The city of stratoniceia in caria was named after her, but whether it. He succeeded his father antiochus i soter in the winter of 26261 bc. The marriage of his father with apama was one of those marriages which alexander celebrated at susa in b. The history of the loves of antiochus and stratonice foundations of the novel lewis theobald on. Antiochus and stratonice 1470 by michele di pietro ciampanti.
The history of the loves of antiochus and stratonice. Erasistratus the physician discovers the love of antiochus for stratonice was painted in 1772, the year george iii appointed benjamin west historical painter to. Antioch or antiochia was an ancient city located on the orontes river near the amanus mountains in syria. 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 book is generously crossreferenced, indexed, and illustrated with. The legend of seleucus project muse johns hopkins university. Artwork analysis, large resolution images, user comments, interesting facts and much more. Antiochus i was known as the second ruler of this dynasty and he governed lands that stretched. Striving vigorously to restore the strength of the seleucid empire, antiochus founded more new greek cities than all his predecessors. Dictionary of greek and roman biography and mythology. The syriaca is a valuable source for the history of the ancient near east between the.
Other articles where antiochus and stratonice is discussed. Antiochus iv usurped the throne of his brother seleucus iv who died. Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Antiochus of ascalon first published tue mar 1, 2005. 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. 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. Find more prominent pieces of history painting at best visual art database. Antiochus iv, antiochus epiphanes epiphanes, epifanaz, illustrious. 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. 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 the antichrist this is the way the world endsnot with a bang but a whimper. The greatest crisis of the jewish people during the hellenistic era involved the persecution imposed by the ruler of syria, antiochus iv epiphanes. Antiochus the savior, unknown 261 bc, was a king of the hellenistic seleucid empire. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles.
African studies american studies ancient near east and egypt art history asian studies book history and cartography biblical studies classical studies education. 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. 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. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists.
Stratonice of syria was the daughter of king demetrius poliorcetes and phila, the daughter of antipater. Antiochus epiphanes is a tyrannical figure in jewish history, and he is also a foreshadowing of the coming antichrist. 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. He was the younger son of antiochus i and princess stratonice, the daughter of demetrius poliorcetes. 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. 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. 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. Polybius, histories, book 10, antiochus engages the bactrians. In this excellent book, daniel ogden tackles headon a tricky, but fruitful. He fell in love with his fathers new wife stratonice of syria, but kept this a secret despite falling mortally ill because of it.
Find more prominent pieces of mythological painting at best visual art database. After vanquishing antiochus and the seleucids, the jews cleaned and restored the temple in 165. The sickness of antiochus or stratonice and antiochus is an 1840 painting by the french artist jean auguste dominique ingres. Jan 23, 2017 he promptly diagnosed what was wrong with antiochus by the simple expedient of taking his pulse. Daschs, he wrote after a visit to the collector in. 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. The story of antiochus and stratonice might well be called one of the. Stratonice was begotten of the intimacies of antiochus and the queen. 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.
I emphasize the standalone because one of the lunettes in the sala dellvenere in the palazzo pitti in florence has the. When seleucus was relatively old, he married the young and beautiful stratonice or stratonica. 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. Erasistratus the physician discovers the love of antiochus. Jan 01, 20 antiochus the great depicts the life and times of one of the major seleucid kings. 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.
He did not, like his father, seek to expand in europe. 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. The seleucid holdings were greatly reduced, particularly by the egyptians under ptolemy ii. In an amazing display of prophetic revelation, daniel the prophet, several centuries earlier, had detailed some of the exploits of this political monster. His grieving father, who has recently taken stratonice as his wife, summons a doctor. 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. Antiochus, a syrian prince falls in love with his stepmother, stratonice, and is dying from this love.
He received this name after he stopped the gauls from overrunning asia minor. Erasistratus the physician discovers the love of antiochus for stratonice was created in 1772 by benjamin west in neoclassicism style. 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. Antiochus and stratonice was created in 1840 by jean auguste dominique ingres in neoclassicism style. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia antiochus i and stratonice, a painting by jacqueslouis david 1774.
Seleucus and stratonice had one child, a daughter phila, when it was discovered that her stepson antiochus was deeply enamoured of her. His father is thus shown collapsed at the foot of the bed. Erasistratus discovering the cause of antiochus disease french. Antiochus for his fathers wife, his stepmother, the romantic. Although many facets of his life are indeed obscure it seems that he. Antiochus iv epiphanes was the son of antiochus iii and he ruled the seleucid empire from 175 b. 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. 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. The doctor erasistratus discovered the cause of antiochus sickness, since he became agitated and his heartbeat quickened when stratonice entered the room. So far the oldest standalone artistic rendering of the antiochus and stratonice story that i have found is this unsigned and undated painting 220. 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. Antiochus epiphanes was a greek tryant of the 2nd century b. Media in category antiochus et stratonice jacques louis david the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.
Erasistratus the physician discovers the love of antiochus for. Antiochus and stratonice, 1840 jean auguste dominique. Antiochus and stratonice is one of artworks by jacqueslouis david. The battle of panias marked a turning point in jewish history. Nissim of kairouan assigns the scroll an important position in the literature of the apocrypha. Humanities, art, music history antiquity antiochus i soter. Antiochus and stratonice was created in 1774 by jacqueslouis david in neoclassicism style. 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. 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. 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.
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. He was decisively defeated by the romans in 190 and thereby lost control over asia minor. Mar 17, 2016 antiochus and stratonica 1774 according to plutarchs lives, antiochus was the son of king seleucus i of syria. Striving vigorously to restore the strength of the seleucid empire, antiochus founded more. For other persons with the same name, see stratonice. His original name was mithradates alternative form mithridates. 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.
Although only his books on the roman civil wars survive in their entirety, large parts of. Georgia tsouni challenges previous characterisations of antiochus philosophical project as eclectic and shows how his. Antiochus i soter, 97861867781, 6186778x,97861867781. Art uk is the online home for every public collection in the uk. Stratonice of syria was queen of the seleucid empire from 300 bc until 294 bc and from 281. On the wall is the second panel of michele ciampantis antiochus and stratonice, ca.
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. 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. The prophet daniel predicts an atrocity in the temple in. Antiochus epiphanes and the prophetic specifications of daniel. Studio of sir peter paul rubens siegen 15771640 antwerp. Antiochus i, syria amazing bible timeline with world history. This book deals with the war that the romans and the seleucid king. 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. He struggled very hard with the beginnings of this passion, and at last, resolving with himself that his desires were wholly unlawful. Antiochus, a mere 20 years old, assumed the throne of an empire in crisis. He mentions three decrees issued by antiochus concerning the jews.
I emphasize the standalone because one of the lunettes in the sala dellvenere in the palazzo pitti in florence has the same topic. Ogden reads the story of antiochus and stratonice primarily in the. Antiochus married his stepmother, stratonice, daughter of demetrius poliorcetes. Antiochus iv, antiochus epiphanes international standard. This led to the maccabaean revolt, one of the most heroic feats in history. He was a vicious enemy of the jewish people, outlawing judaism and descrating the sacred hebrew temple. He was the son of seleucus i who had founded the seleucid dynasty.
The history of the loves of antiochus and stratonice theobald, mr. Questions on doctrine is the book written in response to questions put to the seventhday adventist church by walter martin. Son of antiochus iii who became king after his brother, seleucus iv, had been murdered by heliodorus. Antiochus i was also called antiochus i soter or antiochus the savior. Historical records and family trees related to stratonice syria. 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. Eliot conclude his melancholy poem, the hollow men. Under great external pressures, he consolidated his kingdom and encouraged the founding of cities. Catherine hess, interim director of the art collections and chief curator of european art, stands beside a mid16thcentury italian cassone of carved walnut. While reading the above listed main chapters of the book, i remained. Ogden here first presents the story of antiochus and stratonice in its most au. Lovesickness in art and medicine hektoen international.
Antiochus of ascalon stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Antiochus i soter unknown 261 bc, was a king of the hellenistic seleucid empire. He was the younger son of antiochus i and princess stratonice, the daughter of. Antiochus iv rules amazing bible timeline with world history.
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