Dear Oliver, Farhad We have an interesting discussion going on regarding the Demetrios-Alexander Balas conflict. Let me take you up on your various points: 1....
Makis Aperghis
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Jun 1, 2004 7:45 pm
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Dear Makis, Thank you for the detailed analysis of the evidence in your last two postings. I believe Oliver is far better placed to comment on the historical ...
G.R.F. Assar
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Jun 2, 2004 6:52 pm
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Dear Makis, and others, I am very glad with this discussion, because I am uncertain what to think. I still favour my explanation as I gave in Archiv fuer...
Hello, I've got 2 new books ending in 3 days by Brian Kritt. Great for specialists in Seleucid coins, and I'll give free shipping to anyone who mentions this...
Yes, I have the same feeling, but the diary in question (No. -149 A Rev. 3'-14') does not unequivocally point to the Persian Gulf. Del Monte's translation of...
Makis Aperghis
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Jun 4, 2004 4:41 pm
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Dear Makis, In Manuel d'épigraphie akkadienne (1976), p. 167, R. Labat gives: KUR = "shadu", montagne. Also, on the same page, he gives KUR = "matu", pays ...
G.R.F. Assar
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Jun 4, 2004 7:46 pm
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"....Unfortunately, because our text is only partially preserved, we may never know to which Seleucia the scribe referred, unless a join, completing the ...
Makis Aperghis
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Jun 8, 2004 8:03 pm
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Dear Makis, With all due respect, this seems rather hypothetical, particularly in light of Bert's earlier remarks about the reconstruction of line 6' of the...
Dear Oliver, I think what Makis has suggested is not entirely hypothetical. In fact, it makes a lot of sense and I'll explain the merits of his theory later in...
G.R.F. Assar
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Jun 9, 2004 5:01 pm
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... From: "Oliver D. Hoover" <oliver.hoover@...> To: <seleukids@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:29 AM Subject: RE: [seleukids]...
I recently saw a psoting on the ANE list run by the oriental Institute that one of the groups of sea peoples that attacked Egypt were called the Peleset. I...
Dear Colleagues, Does anybody know of a forum discussing the history and coinage of Bactria? I am not sure if Bactrian issues can be raised on this list. If...
G.R.F. Assar
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Jun 20, 2004 10:30 pm
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Dear Farhad, Bactrian questions, as well as any other Hellenistic discussion unrelated to the Seleucids, is perfectly welcome here. Oliver D. Hoover Epimeletes...
Dear Oliver, Thank you for informing me that Bactrian issues can be discussed on this list. I wonder if either you or other list members could kindly comment...
G.R.F. Assar
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Jun 21, 2004 11:23 am
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Dear Farhad, Justin is the only reason that the beginning of Eukratides´ reign is dated to ca. 170 BC. There´s no other reason. I don´t think that anyone...
Gunnar R. Dumke
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Jun 21, 2004 2:05 pm
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Dear Gunnar, Thank you for the input. I had suspected Justin as the source for Eukratides' accession date of ca. 170 BC. O. Bopearachchi's "Monnaies ...
G.R.F. Assar
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Jun 22, 2004 2:37 am
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ANE digest, Vol 1 #842 - 19 msgs Friends and colleagues of Ya'akov Meshorer: I regret to inform you of the passing of Professor Meshorer, less than an hour...
Dear Oliver and Fellow Members, 1 - given that Syncellus does not enjoy high esteem among modern historians, I wonder if he is right in claiming that Seleucus...
G.R.F. Assar
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Jun 26, 2004 11:38 pm
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Dear Farhad, I'm not sure that it is possible to be certain that Syncellus (following Porphyry, no?) is wrong in saying that Seleucus' original name was ...
Very interesting discussion! Knowing the scarcity of sources, the following could never be more than a hypothesis, but I still think there are reasons to...
The Josef Dobias' study "Filippos Barypous. A Contribution to the History of the Last Seleukids." is now available on my website www.sfagn.com in section ...
Dear Peter, Many thanks for putting this online, and especially for the summary for those of us who cannot read Czech. It looks great. Oliver D. Hoover ...
I am trying to reconstruct details of Seleucus' life but am only able to find details on military battles and such. I am not a history expert esp. when it...
Dear all, Jim Webster was just ahead of me. My friend Jona Lendering has just put a few Babylonian chronicles on line. One of these is the so-called Diadochi...
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