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Document Details : Title: Syriskos of Chersonesus Subtitle: A New Interpretation of IOSPE 12 344 Author(s): BURSTEIN, Stanley M. Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 21 Date: 2022 Pages: 273-278 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.21.0.3291149 Abstract : IOSPE 12 344 contains a decree by Chersonesus Taurica honouring a local historian named Syriskos for recording the epiphanies of the city’s chief deity, the Parthenos, and benefits given various cities and the kings of Bosporus. This article surveys the current state of scholarship on IOSPE 12 344 and proposes a new interpretation of Syriskos’ work that reconciles the apparent contradiction of the simultaneous presence in it of religious and political content. |
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