Persianism in antiquity
The aim of this conference is to trace the origins of the concept of "Persia" in post-Achaemenid antiquity. It was in the Hellenistic and early Roman Near East that the idea of Persia fully developed. From the second century BCE, a varied cultural style developed that can best be described...
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| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English German |
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Stuttgart
: Franz Steiner Verlag
, [2017]
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| Series: | Oriens et occidens
Band 25 |
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| Author Notes: | edited by Rolf Strootman and Miguel John Versuys |
| Summary: | The aim of this conference is to trace the origins of the concept of "Persia" in post-Achaemenid antiquity. It was in the Hellenistic and early Roman Near East that the idea of Persia fully developed. From the second century BCE, a varied cultural style developed that can best be described as "Persianism" -- the appropriation of an idealized past through the re-use or invention of imagery and concepts associated with that past |
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| Item Description: | "Many of the papers in this book originate from the two-day colloquium 'Persianism in Antiquity, held at the Netherlands Institute (NIT) in Turkey, Istanbul, on 24-25 April 2014." - (Acknowledgments) Auch als Online-Ausgabe erschienen "Many of the papers in this book originate from the two-day colloquium 'Persianism in Antiquity', held at the Netherlands Institute (NIT) in Turkey, Istanbul, on 24-25 April 2014." (Acknowledgments) |
| Physical Description: | 557 Seiten lllustrationen 24 cm x 17 cm |
| ISBN: | 9783515113823 |
