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Visual Style and Constructing Identity in the Hellenistic World - Nemrud Dag and Commagene under Antiochos I (Hardcover)
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Visual Style and Constructing Identity in the Hellenistic World - Nemrud Dag and Commagene under Antiochos I (Hardcover)
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 Dag (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 Dag 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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