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Monumentum

Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios

Stele representing Apollo-Mithras-Helios in a Hellenistic nude fashion, shaking hands with Antiochus I.
Antiochus I Stele: Shaking hands with Apollo-Mithra-HeliosDosseman
 
The New Mithraeum
7 Nov 2022
Updated on May 2026

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In this case, Apollo-Mithra-Helios is depicted completely naked, in the Hellenistic manner, unlike the Nemrut Dağı stele, where the same syncretic deity wears his popular oriental attire.

Stele of Antiochus first king of Commagene shaking hands with Apollo Mithra Helios, Basalt, Hellenistic Period (69-36 BC), Adıyaman, Besni Sofnaz Village. Gaziantep Museum Turkey.

Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen (Armenian: Անտիոքոս Երվանդունի, Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος ὁ Θεὸς Δίκαιος Ἐπιφανὴς Φιλορωμαῖος Φιλέλλην) meaning Antiochos, a just, eminent god, friend of Romans and friend of Greeks, c. 86 BC – 38 BC, ruled 70 BC – 38 BC) was an Armenian king from the Kingdom of Commagene and the most famous king of that kingdom.

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