The Glorious History of the Ancient Greek City of Antioch

The Glorious History of the Ancient Greek City of Antioch

An engraving of the ruins of the Seleucid palace in Antioch by Louis Francois Cassas. From the book “Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palaestine et de la Basse Aegypte: ouvrage divisé en trois volumes contenant environ trois cent trente planches 1799/1800″/Public Domain Antioch on the Orontes, an ancient Greek city on the eastern side of the Orontes River, was one of the most glorious of all the Greek cities in the world. H…