Seleukid ideology : creation, reception and response / edited by Altay Coşkun and Richard Wenghofer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coşkun, Altay, editor.

Wenghofer, Richard, editor.

Series:

Seleukid perspectives ; v. 1.

Seleukid perspectives ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seleucids.

Syria--History--333 B.C.-634 A.D.

Syria.

Genre:

History

Informational works

Informational works.

Physical Description:

390 pages : some illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, [2023]

Summary:

Seleukid Perspectives' explore the largest successor kingdom to Alexander the Great?s empire. Seleukid kings established their power on the battlefield but did not rely on coercion alone. They constructed an ideal of kingship to render their authority morally and religiously acceptable. For this, they considered the traditions and sensitivities of their soldiers, subjects, and neighbours, while facing the pretensions of their rivals. What was beneficial or tolerable varied dramatically from one polity to the next. This book examines local influence on and reactions to Seleukid claims by focusing on rituals, discourse, and creative moments in which ideological themes were shaped. Seleukos I (320 - 281 BCE) closely engaged with the imagery of Alexander and Macedonian rivals, borrowed from Near Eastern traditions, and courted sanctuaries of Apollo. Case studies for his descendants are drawn from Anatolia, Syria, Judaea, Babylonia, and Persia. Praise of the dynasty was more than flattery but part of a process in which subjects actively contributed to perpetuating, modifying, or undermining the royal image. The volume encourages new debates on the complexity and efficacy of Seleukid Ideology.

Contents:

Introduction: The dialectics of Seleukid ideology / Richard Wenghofer and Altay Coşkun

Royal propaganda and the creation of royal status for Seleukos I / Kyle Erickson

The king-ship of the Seleukids: an alternative paradigm for the anchor symbol / Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides

The first Seleukid benefacttions in Miletos and the creation of a dynastic ideology / Altay Coşkun

Material culture, ritual performance, and Seleukid rule: Antiochos IV and the procession at Daphne in 166 BCE / Babett Edelmann-Singer

Antiochos at Daphne and Xerxes at Sardeis: a comparative perspective on the Seleukid vision of empire / Stephen Harrison

Ritual mutilation and the construction of treason ; the execution of Molon and Achaios by Antiochos III / Rolf Strootman

Second-hand propaganda: Polybios and Zeno on the role of Antiochos IV at the Battle of Panion / Benjamin E. Scolnic

Connectivity and rural spaces in the Seleukid empire / Deirdre Klokow

Rebel Poleis: the politics of anti-Seleukid violence / Gillian Ramsey

Le royaume artaxiade dans l'Empire séleucide: de dominé à dominant / Germain Payen

Śar Wars - how a Judaen author in the 160's BCE transformed a Ptolemaic view of Hellenistic history into a theology for his time / Benjamin E. Scolnic

"To all parts of the kingdom": the Book of Esther as a Seleukid text / Eran Almagor

Diplomatic resistance to Seleukid hegemony / Richard Wenghofer

The efficacy of ideological discourse: loyalty to the Seleukid dynasty in Babylonia, Judaea, and Asia Minor / Altay Coşkun.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9783515134781

3515134786

OCLC:

1388618184

Publisher Number:

9783515134781