Rhodogune (daughter of the Parthian king Mithridates

Rhodogune (daughter of the Parthian king Mithridates I) 2nd century BC. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenure, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates sophistes grecs, et Les statues de Callistrate by Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century Philostratus, the Lemnian, 3rd cent Callistratus, active 3rd century/4th century. In 138 BCE Rhodogune married Seleucid king Demetrius II Nicator (ruled 146-139 BCE, 129-126 BCE). Rhodogune, informed of a revolt while preparing for a bath, vowed not to bathe or brush her hair until the revolt was neutralised. She immediately went to battle, riding out to the head of her army. She successfully directed the battle, and was depicted thereafter on seals of the kings of Persia with long, dishevelled hair because of her adherence to her vow

1561 1615 1641 Athenian Bathe Blaise Cent Demetrius Deux Dishevelled Engraver Galte Galter Gaultier Grecs Immediately Informed Mainz Mithridates Parthian Peinture Persia Philostrates Platte Revolt Ruled Seals Seleucid Sophistes Successfully Tableaux Thereafter Vigenere Vowed

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