Stratonikeian Incerta.** I.Stratonikeia 1504: a fragment of a letter to the Chrysaoreis

Year 2022, Volume: 8, 155 - 164, 31.12.2022

Riet Van Bremen

Abstract

An attempt is made here to reconstruct the text and to make sense of a tantalising small Hellenistic fragment from Stratonikeia in Karia (I. Stratonikeia 1504). It is argued that the fragment most probably belongs to a letter written by an agent of the Antigonid king Philip V to the league of the Chrysaoreis and that it was inscribed in the sanctuary of Chrysaorian Zeus.

Keywords

Stratonikeia, Philip V, Chrysaoric league, Olympichos

Thanks

My thanks go to Paola Ceccarelli, Roberta Fabiani, Patrice Hamon, Manuela Mari and Poul Pederson for incisive comments, suggestions, and helpful information

Stratonikeia incerta, I.Stratonikeia 1504: Khrysaoreis Birliğine Yazılan Bir Mektubun Fragmanı

Abstract

Makalede Karia kenti Stratonikeia’da ele geçen ve daha önce yayınlanmış resmi içerikli küçük bir metin fragmanı (I. Stratonikeia 1504) yeniden ele alınarak içeriğine anlam kazandırılmaya çalışılmıştır. Yapılan incelemede bu metnin büyük olasılıkla Antigonos Hanedanlığı kralı V. Philippos’un bir temsilcisi tarafından Khrysaoreis Birliği’ne yazılan bir mektuba ait olduğu ve söz konusu birliğe ait Zeus Khrysaoreus tapınağında kaleme alındığı önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Stratonikeia, V. Philippos, Khrysaoreis Birliği, Olympikhos

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