Tuesday 15 August 2023

HERACLES SHAKING HANDS WITH ANTIOCHUS I OF COMMAGENE



Stone relief from Arsameia (Nemrut region, Turkey) depicting Antiochus I of Commagene shaking hands with Heracles (r. 70–38 BCE). The Commagenian ruler is shown wearing a belted tunic, cloak and a four-lobed dagger. Herakles carries His club and the skin of the Nemean Lion.



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