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===Selected cultural depictions=== {{Multiple image|align=right|direction=vertical|image1=Hosmer.jpg|image2=Herbert Schmalz-Zenobia.jpg|alt1=Bust of Zenobia|caption1=[[Harriet Hosmer]]'s ''Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra'' (1857)|alt2=Painting of Zenobia gazing over Plamyra|caption2=''Queen Zenobia's Last Look upon Palmyra'' by [[Herbert Gustave Schmalz]] (1888)}} * Sculptures: :* ''Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra'' (1857) by [[Harriet Hosmer]], exhibited at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]].{{sfn|Kelly|2004|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=PfLzXKeVKzEC&pg=PA8 8]}} :* ''Zenobia in Chains'' (1859) by Harriet Hosmer. Two copies were made, one exhibited at the [[Huntington Library]] and the other at the [[St Louis Art Museum]].{{sfn|Palmer|2020|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=mKLWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA155 155]}} * Literature: :* [[Chaucer]] narrates a condensed story of Zenobia's life in one of a series of "tragedies" in "[[The Monk's Tale]]".{{sfn|Godman|1985|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=I4U4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA272 272]}}{{sfn|Stoneman|2003|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=8kLFfE1qPhIC&pg=PA113 113]}} :* ''La gran Cenobia'' (1625) by [[Pedro Calderón de la Barca]].{{sfn|Quintero|2016|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=1u0FDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA52 52]}} :* ''Zénobie, tragédie. Où la vérité de l'Histoire est conservée dans l'observation des plus rigoureuses règles du Poème Dramatique'' (1647) by [[François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac|François Hédelin]].{{sfn|Stoneman|2003|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=8kLFfE1qPhIC&pg=PA198 198]}} :* ''Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra; a Narrative, Founded on History''. (1814) by [[Adelaide O'Keeffe]].{{sfn|Ruwe|2012|p= 30}} :* ''The Queen of the East'' (1956) by [[Alexander Baron]].{{sfn|Hartmann|2001|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=BdcHK8Ll1jMC&pg=PA472 472]}} :* ''Moi, Zénobie reine de Palmyre'' (1978) by [[:fr:Bernard Simiot|Bernard Simiot]].{{sfn|Southern|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=ecfiAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 16]}} :* ''The Chronicle of Zenobia'' (2006) by Judith Weingarten.{{sfn|Southern|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=ecfiAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 16]}} :* "[[A Predicament]]" (1838) by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. * Paintings: :* ''Queen Zenobia Addressing her Soldiers'' by [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo|Giambattista Tiepolo]]; it dates to the early eighteenth century but the exact year is not known.{{sfn|Southern|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=wnTOBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 15]}} This painting (part of a series of [[Tableau vivant|tableaux]] of Zenobia) was painted by Tiepolo on the walls of the Zenobio family palace in [[Venice]], although they were unrelated to the queen.{{sfn|Southern|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=wnTOBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 15]}} :* ''Queen Zenobia's Last Look upon Palmyra'' (1888) by [[Herbert Gustave Schmalz]].{{sfn|Stoneman|2003|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=8kLFfE1qPhIC&pg=PA200 200]}} * Operas: :* ''[[Zenobia (Albinoni)|Zenobia]]'' (1694): [[Tomaso Albinoni]]'s first opera.{{sfn|Southern|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=wnTOBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 14]}} :* ''Zenobia in Palmira'' (1725) by [[Leonardo Leo]].{{sfn|Macy|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=N0zthpCZuAUC&pg=PA472 472]}} :* ''Zenobia'' (1761) by [[Johann Adolph Hasse]].{{sfn|Hansell|1968|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=ap8JAQAAMAAJ&q 108]}} :* ''Zenobia in Palmira'' (1789) by [[Pasquale Anfossi]].{{sfn|Southern|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=wnTOBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 15]}} :* ''Zenobia in Palmira'' (1790) by [[Giovanni Paisiello]].{{sfn|Southern|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=wnTOBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 15]}} :* ''[[Aureliano in Palmira]]'' (1813) by [[Gioachino Rossini]].{{sfn|Gallo|2012|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=mcEiihJ5p9MC&pg=PA254 254]}} :* ''Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra'' (1882) by [[Silas G. Pratt]].{{sfn|Hartmann|2001|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=BdcHK8Ll1jMC&pg=PA473 473]}} :* ''Zenobia'' (2007) by [[Mansour Rahbani]].{{sfn|Fraser|2011|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=iW5VS9G6unUC&pg=PT86 86]}} * Play: ''Zenobia'' (1995), by [[Nick Dear]], was first performed at the [[Young Vic]] as a co-production with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].{{sfn|Dear|2014|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=H1W8BQAAQBAJ&pg=PT118 118]}} * Song: "Zenobia" (1971), written by the [[Rahbani Brothers]] and sang by [[Fairuz]] as part of the Rahbani Brothers' 1971 musical play ''Nas Min Waraq'' (people of paper).{{sfn|Aliksān|1989|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=nuMLAAAAIAAJ&q 112]}} * Film: ''[[Sheba and the Gladiator|Nel Segno di Roma]]'', a 1959 Italian film starring [[Anita Ekberg]].{{sfn|Wood|2006|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=6ReFDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 59]}} * Television: ''[[Al-Ababeed]]'' (1997), Syrian television series starring [[Raghda]] as Zenobia.{{sfn|Gallo|2012|p=1}} * Video Game: Zenobia appears as a playable Archer-class Servant in the 2015 mobile game ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]'' by Lasengle and Aniplex.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2toWE7UL7u8 |title=Fate/Grand Order - Zenobia Servant Introduction |date=2023-10-12 |last=Aniplex USA |access-date=2024-09-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
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