The Fishmonger at the Hatay Market
The Fishmonger at the Hatay Market
Hatay
(Antioch,Antiokheia,Antakiya,Antioch,Antakya) is on the
Orentes river and is the capitol of Hatay Province on the
eastern edge of the Mediterainian Sea.
ANTIOCH OF SYRIA
It is difficult to realize that in the modern Antakieh
(28,000 inhab.), we have the once famous "Queen of
the East", which, with its population of more than
half a million, its beautiful site, its trade and
culture, and its important military position, was a not
unworthy rival of Alexandria, the second city of the
Roman empire (cf. Josephus, Bel. Jud., III, 2, 4).
Founded in 300 B. C. by Seleucus I
(Nicator), King of Syria, Antioch stood on the Orontes
(Nahr el Asi), at the point or junction of the Lebanon
and of the Taurus ranges. Its harbour, fifteen miles
distant, was Seleucia (cf. Acts
13:4). CATHOLIC
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antioch
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Keshishian 2006.
Last revised: December 17, 2006.
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