 The second "entrée", "L'histoire" ("History"), tells the story of the Hellenistic king of Syria Seleucus I Nicator, who gives up his fiancée Stratonice when he learns his son Antiochus I Soter is passionately in love with her (this tale was also the subject of a later 18th century French opera, Étienne Méhul's "Stratonice").The third and final "entrée" is called "La féerie" ("Fairy tale") and is set in the Middle East.Through her love for him, Argélie redeems Zimès from the power of the evil fairy Alcine.