Antiochus (donor of the veil at Olympia)

Also known as: Antiochus · Role: donor · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 12

Life events

• Antiochus offered a woollen veil to Zeus at Olympia.(Book 5 · Chapter 12 · 📍 Olympia)
  • With: Zeus
  • “At Olympia also in the temple of Zeus is a woollen veil, adorned with Assyrian tapestry and dyed with the Phœnician purple, the votive offering of Antiochus”
• Antiochus gave Athens a golden aegis bearing the Gorgon’s head.(Book 5 · Chapter 12 · 📍 Athens)
  • “who also gave to the theatre at Athens a golden ægis with the Gorgon’s head on it.”

Book 5 · Chapter 12

• with Zeus (Antiochus made a votive offering in the temple of Zeus.) “At Olympia also in the temple of Zeus is a woollen veil, adorned with Assyrian tapestry and dyed with the Phœnician purple, the votive offering of Antiochus”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.