Culture and Ideology under the Seleukids: Unframing a Dynasty
by Widmer, Marie, Beaulieu, Paul-Alain, Ogden, Daniel, Trundle, Matthew, McKechnie, Paul, Coskun, Altay, Mairs, Rachel, Anagnostou-Laoutides, Eva, Pfeiffer, Stefan, McAuley, Alex, Brüggemann, Thomas, Dumke, Gunnar R., Hunter, Daniel, Lisle, Christopher de, Mehl, Andreas, Michel, Patrick M., Olszewski, Marek T., Wenghofer, Richard
The volume offers a timely (re-)appraisal of Seleukid cultural dynamics. While the engagement of Seleukid kings with local populations and the issue of "Hellenization" are still debated, a movement away from the Greco-centric approach to the study of the sources has gained pace.…