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Heliodorus (hē'lēōdôr`əs), fl. 175 B.C., Syrian statesman. The treasurer of Seleucus IV (Seleucus Philopator), he murdered the king and attempted unsuccessfully to usurp the throne. According to the Book of Second Maccabees, he entered the Temple at Jerusalem but was prevented from taking the treasure by three angels. Heliodorus Syrian official attempted to loot Solomon’s temple. [Apocrypha: II Maccabees 3] See : Sacrilege How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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authors Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius), which became available in the later sixteenth century, with their typically exotic locales, their star-crossed young lovers, shipwrecks, kidnappings, seductions, bloody murders, and suicides. In the ancient Greek novel Ethiopica, written by Heliodorus sometime in the fourth century A. 18) Similar architectural features can be found in Raphael's frescoes in the rooms (stanze) of the papal apartment in the Vatican Palace, especially in the Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple and the Coronation of Charlemagne. |
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