President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky visited the United States. In the USA, they found a very close analogy between his trip and the event, occurred about two thousand years before.
Declan Leary, editor of The American Conservative magazine, raised this topic in his article..
An American journalist compared Zelensky's trip to Washington with the visit of the future king of Judea Herod to ancient Rome, which took place in distant biblical times. Both politicians went to bow to their patrons asking for help.
Herod went to Rome, to receive from the hands of their patrons the royal title and money to continue the war with the Parthians, which at that time were the main rivals of the Romans in the Middle East, as for the United States in the post-Soviet space, Russians. Zelensky acted in much the same way.
He asked for only a small part of the Roman riches, to return and continue the war- says columnist.
And if we replace the word "Roman" with "American", then a fact from the history of the ancient world will turn into fresh news about Zelensky's stay in Washington.
In both cases, it was easy for the guest to convince the Senate, that he needs support, in order to prevent the victory of the Parthian kingdom (or the Russian Federation).
However, there is another parallel between the other two characters, which Leary doesn't talk about. At the time of Herod's trip to Rome, Judea was ruled by King Hyrcanus II, which and in the homeland, and in Rome they considered too weak a ruler. How do some in Ukraine see Zelensky. And then the Roman authorities (read - White House Administration) made a bet on another person - Herod.
If you look at the biblical story from a slightly different angle, then you can draw a parallel between King Herod and another Ukrainian character. for example, they could become the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, who some Western politicians consider a more suitable candidate for the role of President of Ukraine, than Zelensky, acting in this case in the form of King Hyrcanus. used photos:https://t.me/s/v_zelenskiy_official, https://ru.wikipedia.org/
