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The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries

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The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries

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While the Third Syrian War was raging, the Koans deployed substantial diplomatic efforts to have the asylia of their Asklepieion and the panhellenic penteteric games recognized throughout the Mediterranean world. In the 1950s, Günther Klaffenbach and Mortimer Chambers presented what was to become the consensus chronology: they saw the theoroi visit several royal courts and many more Greek poleis largely in summer 242 BCE, before the first games were held at Kos around May 241 BCE. This consensus has now been challenged by Dimitris Bosnakis and Klaus Hallof (Chiron 50, 2020, 287–326), who suggest dating the events one year earlier, based on six recently-found documents. These include a letter of king ‘Zigelas’ (sc. Ziaelas of Bithynia), dated to year 39 of an uncertain era. The present article tries to argue instead that the grant of asylia by several kings likely happened in 243, whereas the campaign in support of the Asklepieia unfolded from spring to autumn 242, before the first Asklepieia were held in 241 BCE. This chronological revision has important ramification for other aspects of 3rd-century BCE history, such as the biography of Antigonos Gonatas (whose basileia began in 283/82 BCE) and the start of the first dynastic era of Bithynia (281 BCE). Moreover, queen Laodike, the author of another new letter, should be identified with the wife of Antiochos Hierax, and further with the author of the anonymous royal letter earlier attributed to Seleukos II. The letter previously assigned to the Bosporan king Spartokos IV may rather be from Mithradates II of Pontos. The epigraphic evidence shows the Koans steadfast in their loyalty to Ptolemy III Euergetes, whereas the second letters from the courts of Nikomedeia and Sardeis may hint at a gradual shift of Ziaelas and Hierax towards Seleukos II.

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Teşekkür

I would like to thank my colleagues Mustafa Adak, Kostas Buraselis, Oleg Gabelko and Klaus Hallof for helping me complete my bibliography, and Riet van Bremen for her useful and critical feedback that helped me improve the final version of this article.

Kaynakça

  1. Adams 2010 W.L. Adams, Alexander’s Successors to 221 BC, in: J. Roisman – I. Worthington (eds.), A Companion to Ancient Macedonia, Malden, MA 2010.
  2. Bosnakis – Hallof 2003 D. Bosnakis – K. Hallof, Alte und neue Inschriften aus Kos I, Chiron 33, 2003, 203–262.
  3. Bosnakis – Hallof 2018 D. Bosnakis – K. Hallof, Alte und neue Inschriften aus Kos V, Chiron 48, 2018, 143–158.
  4. Bosnakis – Hallof 2020 D. Bosnakis – K. Hallof, Alte und neue Inschriften aus Kos VI, Chiron 50, 2020, 287–326.
  5. Buraselis 1982 K. Buraselis, Das hellenistische Makedonien und die Ägäis, Munich 1982.
  6. Buraselis 2004 K. Buraselis, Some Remarks on the Koan Asylia (242 B.C.) against Its International Background, in: Höghammer 2004, 15–20.
  7. Chambers 1954a M. Chambers, Review of Herzog – Klaffenbach 1952, AJA 75, 1954, 173–174.
  8. Chambers 1954b M. Chambers, The First Regnal Year of Antigonus Gonatas, AJP 75, 1954, 385–394.

Ayrıntılar

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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Aralık 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

10 Temmuz 2021

Kabul Tarihi

28 Ağustos 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 7

Kaynak Göster

APA
Coşkun, A. (2021). The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries. PHILIA, 7, 29-46. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202102
AMA
1.Coşkun A. The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries. PHILIA. 2021;7:29-46. doi:10.36991/PHILIA.202102
Chicago
Coşkun, Altay. 2021. “The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries”. PHILIA 7 (Aralık): 29-46. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202102.
EndNote
Coşkun A (01 Aralık 2021) The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries. PHILIA 7 29–46.
IEEE
[1]A. Coşkun, “The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries”, PHILIA, c. 7, ss. 29–46, Ara. 2021, doi: 10.36991/PHILIA.202102.
ISNAD
Coşkun, Altay. “The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries”. PHILIA 7 (01 Aralık 2021): 29-46. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202102.
JAMA
1.Coşkun A. The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries. PHILIA. 2021;7:29–46.
MLA
Coşkun, Altay. “The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries”. PHILIA, c. 7, Aralık 2021, ss. 29-46, doi:10.36991/PHILIA.202102.
Vancouver
1.Altay Coşkun. The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries. PHILIA. 01 Aralık 2021;7:29-46. doi:10.36991/PHILIA.202102