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Antiochus I Soter, King of Syria, 324 B.C.-approximately 261 B.C.
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Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711.Reference: 21248i
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Antiochus is reclining on a bed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse; King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are seated at his bedside. Engraving by L. de Visscher after P. Berrettini da Cortona, ca. 1680.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.Date: [1680?]Reference: 572275i