2005
DOI: 10.1093/cq/bmi009
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Unwelcome Dedications: Public Law and Private Religion in Hellenistic Laodicea by the Sea

Abstract: The Seleucid Laodicea by the Sea has left us but one Hellenistic public decree (IGLS IV 1261). 1 To the extent that scholars have paid close attention to this text it has been to support the argument that Seleucid kings ruled with a heavy hand, operating in concert with entrenched oligarchs and micro-managing through personal appointees. 2 The decree was passed by the peliga˜nev, a council of elders and an institutional transplant from Macedonia; 3 the proposal was moved by the eÒ pistá thv, perhaps another ol… Show more

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“…On similar laws about dedications see SOSIN (2005). (2011), p. 120-121 draws a similar contrast between what she calls foundations and epidoseis.…”
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“…On similar laws about dedications see SOSIN (2005). (2011), p. 120-121 draws a similar contrast between what she calls foundations and epidoseis.…”
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confidence: 90%
“…Although there is plenty of epigraphic evidence, the subject has not been studied in a monograph yet. See, however, Sosin 2005 andLombardi 2009. 10 Although bibliographically not up-to-date, especially with respect to German scholarship, the most recent study on space is Scott 2013.…”
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