Research Article

Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi

Number: 16 June 1, 2017
Hüseyin Köker
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Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi

Abstract

In ancient times the city-states frequently claim to remember their past by referred ktistai myths in social and political terms. The best revealing examples of these are coins, epigraphic and sculptural artefacts. Especially in the highest days of the Roman Imperial period, some cities featured descriptions of such myths on their coins upon to remember and to proud of their Hellenic origin by reasons of social, political and economic terms. In this context, a Pamphylian city Sillyon too remembers her past that proud of and commemorates foundation myths and heroes through its coins, which investigating here. The depictions on coins of Sillyon refer to her foundation myths and ktistes heroes who take part in it. However, the silence of written sources does not allow us to learn the content of this myth and the heroes. But the coins suggest that Sillyon was in initiatives become a member of Panhellenic League duruing the Antonines period and to benefit from the emperor’s bestowal.

Keywords

Sillyon, Ktistes, Mopsos, Leontheus, Panhellenion

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APA
Köker, H. (2017). Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi. Colloquium Anatolicum, 16, 121-138. https://izlik.org/JA29XP35AW
AMA
1.Köker H. Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi. Colloquium Anatolicum. 2017;(16):121-138. https://izlik.org/JA29XP35AW
Chicago
Köker, Hüseyin. 2017. “Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi”. Colloquium Anatolicum, nos. 16: 121-38. https://izlik.org/JA29XP35AW.
EndNote
Köker H (June 1, 2017) Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi. Colloquium Anatolicum 16 121–138.
IEEE
[1]H. Köker, “Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi”, Colloquium Anatolicum, no. 16, pp. 121–138, June 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA29XP35AW
ISNAD
Köker, Hüseyin. “Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi”. Colloquium Anatolicum. 16 (June 1, 2017): 121-138. https://izlik.org/JA29XP35AW.
JAMA
1.Köker H. Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi. Colloquium Anatolicum. 2017;:121–138.
MLA
Köker, Hüseyin. “Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi”. Colloquium Anatolicum, no. 16, June 2017, pp. 121-38, https://izlik.org/JA29XP35AW.
Vancouver
1.Hüseyin Köker. Sillyon Sikkelerinde Kentin Kuruluş Efsanesi. Colloquium Anatolicum [Internet]. 2017 Jun. 1;(16):121-38. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA29XP35AW