Antioch, Turkey: a market place with a fountain. Steel engraving by S. Lacey, 1838, after W.H. Bartlett.

Antioch on the Orontes, (Antioch on Daphne", "Antioch the Great"; Turkish: Antakya) was an ancient Greek city on the eastern side of the Orontes river. Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey, and gives the modern city its name. Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch's geographic, military and economic location benefited its occupants, and eventually it rivalled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East. In the engraving, a market in a little agora is shown with a fountain which is placed in the centre. Most of the people in the market place are men wearing robes and turbans. Some of them are market traders selling vegetables and some rest and talk with each other around the fountain