Strootman, Rolf
[HerausgeberIn];
Versluys, Miguel John
[HerausgeberIn]
;
Franz Steiner Verlag,
Persianism in antiquity Veranstaltung 2014 Istanbul,
Persianism in antiquity Veranstaltung 2014 Istanbul
Anmerkungen:
"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)
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"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)
Beiträge überwiegend auf Englisch, 1 Beitrag auf Deutsch
Beschreibung:
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