Hellenistic
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Orontes II of Armenia
Orontes II (Greek: ᾽Ορόντης, ᾽Ορόντας, or ᾽Αροάνδης): satrap of Armenia (c.330 - c.315 BCE). Achaemenid rhyton from the palace at Erebuni Although Orontes II is not…Orontes IV of Armenia
Orontes IV: Orontid king of Armenia (c.220-c.200 BCE).In the section of the Geography that is devoted to Armenia, the Graeco-Roman geographer Strabo of Amasia offers a very brief history of this country. It had once been part of the Persian Empire, had…Orontids
Orontids: modern name of the rulers in Armenia between c.330 and c.200 BCE. The land of the Araxes After the conquests of…Orophernes I
Orophernes (c.320 BCE): brother Ariarathes I, the first ruler of independent Cappadocia.According to a very confused story by Diodorus of Sicily,note[Diodorus, Library of World History 31.19.] Orophernes was the brother of Ariarathes I, and fought for the Achaemenid king Artaxerxes…Orophernes II
Orophernes II (c.160 BCE): son of Ariararathes IV, king of Cappadocia.Relatives Son of Ariarathes IV and Antiochis (daughter of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III) Main deeds In 163, Ariarathes V Philopator succeeded his father. The Seleucid ruler Demetrius I Soter proposed to…Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
General museum of art and archaeology. There are 3 items in Oxford, Ashmolean Museum: …
Palmyra, Valley of the tombs |
Pamphylia
Pamphylia: ancient name for the fertile coastal plain in southern Turkey. The Eurymedon Pamphylia is the ancient name of the rich and…Paphos - Photos
Paphos (Greek Πάφος): name of two cities in the southwest of Cyprus, the Archaic and Classical town (also known as Kouklia) and the Hellenistic and Roman city (which is still called Paphos).Old Paphos Sanctuary Marchellus New Paphos Acropolis House Aion Paphos, Byzantine basilica of Panagia Chrysopolitissa House of Dionysus House of Orpheus House of…Paphos, Archaeological Museum
The archaeological Museum of Paphos has a collection of antiquities from the area of Paphos, dating from the Neolithic to the seventeenth century CE. The finds are from Old and New Paphos, Marion (Arsinoe), and various minor sites.Paris, Institut du monde arabe
Institute for the study of the Arabian world, with a very nice museum. Antiquities from all over the ancient Near East and the Maghreb. There are 4 items in…Paris, Louvre
It is hard to write a review of the Louvre in Paris, because it is one of the world’s largest museums. There are many departments, and each one of them might, in its field, have been a museum of the…