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Document Details : Title: Zénobie, reine d'Arménie (vers 35-53) Subtitle: Du pinacle à l'oubli Author(s): MUTAFIAN, Claude Journal: Revue des Études Arméniennes Volume: 43 Date: 2025 Pages: 471-487 DOI: 10.2143/REA.43.0.3295034 Abstract : Zenobia was a Georgian princess who became queen of Armenia in the 1st c. A.D., following various intrigues. Her dramatic life has been related by Tacitus. Pregnant, she was pursued by the Parthians and asked her husband to kill her. He threw her body into the Araxes, but she was saved by some sheperds who treated her effectively and sent her to the court of Armenia where, apparently, she gave birth according to a Greek inscription in Aparan (Armenia). Her story inspired countless works of art by painters, writers and composers, including about a hundred operas, until the middle of the 19th century, when she quickly sank into oblivion in front of the homonymous queen of Palmyra, who stood up to Rome in the 3rd century. |
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