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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2017
      June 2017
      ISBN:
      9781316494035
      9781107141971
      9781316506776
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316494035
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.83kg, 332 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.57kg, 334 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Art and Architecture
      Series:
      Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Art and Architecture
    Series:
    Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    Located in the small kingdom of Commagene at the upper Euphrates, the late Hellenistic monument of Nemrud Dağ (c.50 BC) has been undeservedly neglected by scholars. Qualified as a Greco-Persian hybrid instigated by a lunatic king, this fascinating project of bricolage has been written out of history. This volume redresses that imbalance, interpreting Nemrud Dağ as an attempt at canon building by Antiochos I in order to construct a dynastic ideology and social order, and proving the monument's importance for our understanding of a crucial transitional phase from Hellenistic to Roman. Hellenistic Commagene therefore holds a profound significance for a number of discussions, such as the functioning of the Hellenistic koine and the genesis of Roman 'art', Hellenism and Persianism in antiquity, dynastic propaganda and the power of images, Romanisation in the East, the contextualising of the Augustan cultural revolution, and the role of Greek culture in the Roman world.

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    'This book offers a new point of view to scholarship that still believes in the classical notion of Hellenism. His integration of sophisticated methodological concepts is laudable and will change academic conversations for the better, the writing is fluid and the images and maps are very helpful. … the book is of great importance in both its method and its content for the study of First century BCE Commagene and the surrounding region.'

    Source: Histara-les comptes rendus (www.histara.sorbonne.fr)

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