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Research paper thumbnail of K. Trampedach & A. Meeus (eds.), The Legitimation of Conquest: Monarchical Representation and the Art of Government in the Empire of Alexander the Great (Studies in Ancient Monarchies 7), Stuttgart 2020.

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Research paper thumbnail of A. Meeus (ed.) Narrative In Hellenistic Historiography (Histos Supplement 8), Newcastle upon Tyne 2018.

Narrative In Hellenistic Historiography, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of L.I. Hau, A. Meeus & B. Sheridan (eds.), Diodoros of Sicily: Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke (Studia Hellenistica 58), Leuven 2018.

Diodoros of Sicily: Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of H. Hauben & A. Meeus (eds.), The Age of the Successors and the Creation of the Hellenistic Kingdoms (323-276 B.C.) (Studia Hellenistica 53), Leuven 2014.

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Research paper thumbnail of Ἐνόπλιον ἅρματι: Anmerkungen zum isthmischen Sieg der Hedea, Tochter des Hermesianax, in Syll.3 802

Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 222, pp. 82-88., 2022

(FIRST PAGE ONLY) Contrary to what seems to have become the majority opinion in recent decades, ... more (FIRST PAGE ONLY)
Contrary to what seems to have become the majority opinion in recent decades, the words ἐνόπλιον ἅρματι refer to a single equestrian discipline, which must have been some form of armed chariot race: Hedea’s win constitutes a unique instance of a female victory in a civic hippic contest at the Isthmian Games.

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Research paper thumbnail of Sosthenes of Paros (1033)

S. Schorn (ed.), Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Continued Part IV, Brill Online., 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of Mnesiepes of Paros (1023)

in S. Schorn (ed.), Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Continued Part IV, Brill Online., 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of Anonymous, History of the Successors (Heidelberg Epitome) (155)

in I. Worthington (ed.), Brill’s New Jacoby, Brill Online., 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of Truth, Method and the Historian’s Character: The Epistemic Virtues of Greek and Roman Historians

in A. Turner (ed.), Reconciling Ancient and Modern Philosophies of History (Trends in Classics – Pathways of Reception 3), Berlin: De Gruyter 2020, 83-122., 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of The Strategies of Legitimation of Alexander and the Diadochoi: Continuities and Discontinuities

in K. Trampedach & A. Meeus (edd.), The Legitimation of Conquest: Monarchical Representation and the Art of Government in the Empire of Alexander the Great (Studies in Ancient Monarchies 7), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 2020, 291-317., 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of with K. Trampedach: 'Introduction: Understanding Alexander’s Relations With His Subjects'

in K. Trampedach & A. Meeus (edd.), The Legitimation of Conquest: Monarchical Representation and the Art of Government in the Empire of Alexander the Great (Studies in Ancient Monarchies 7), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 2020, 9-18., 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Life Portraits: Royals and People in a Globalizing World

K. Vandorpe (ed.), A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World), Hoboken, NJ: Wiley , 2019

Men and women traveling to or from Egypt in the Hellenistic and Roman periods including tourists,... more Men and women traveling to or from Egypt in the Hellenistic and Roman periods including tourists, hostages or prisoners of war, scholars, ambassadors and rulers. Despite the increased contact and knowledge Graeco-Roman views of Egyptian Religion with its animal cults still show little understanding. The concept of globalisation commonly applied to the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods needs to be understood in the very limited sense of a proto-globalisation, as D.T. Potts has called it.

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Research paper thumbnail of Friendship and Betrayal: The Alliances among the Diadochoi

T. Howe & F. Pownall (edd.), Ancient Macedonians in the Greek and Roman Sources: From History to Historiography, Swansea: Classical Press of Wales, 2018

Analysis of the constantly shifting alliances amongst the Successors and their policy of expedien... more Analysis of the constantly shifting alliances amongst the Successors and their policy of expediency, including a discussion of the meaning of the term 'koinopragia' in Diodoros.

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Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Narrative and Interpretation in the Hellenistic Historians

A. Meeus (ed.), Narrative in Hellenistic Historiography (Histos Supplement 8), Newcastle upon Tyne: Histos, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of History’s Aims and Audience in the Proem to Diodoros’ Bibliotheke

L.I. Hau, A. Meeus & B. Sheridan (edd.), Diodoros of Sicily: Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke (Studia Hellenistica 58), Leuven: Peeters, 2018

Scholarship on the general proem to Diodoros’ Bibliotheke has often focussed on its sources, whil... more Scholarship on the general proem to Diodoros’ Bibliotheke has often focussed on its sources, while current trends in Diodorean scholarship mostly stress originality. The evidence does not allow us to solve this problem, though, and the issue does not seem all that relevant anyway: it very much presupposes modern ideas of originality, so that to replace the old view of an unthinking copyist with the image of a highly original historian is simply to replace one misguided dogma with another. What matters is that the general proem to the Bibliotheke is an adequate reflection of Diodoros’ aims and entirely appropriate to the most common ancient view of historiography: indeed the proem contains all aspects of Cicero’s definition of history at De Oratore II 36 and reveals many parellels with the proems of contermporary Greek and Roman historians. Furthermore, all these functions of history as teacher, beacon of truth and memorial clearly form an integrated whole in Diodoros’ philosophy of history. As this was the standard view of historiography for over 2,000 years, it cannot simply be considered banal.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Introduction' to DIODOROS OF SICILY HISTORIOGRAPHICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE BIBLIOTHEKE

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Research paper thumbnail of Compilation or Tradition? Some Thoughts on the Methods of Historians and Other Scholars in Antiquity

Sacris Erudiri, 2017

Historiographical compilations are usually seen as a typical late antique and mediaeval phenomeno... more Historiographical compilations are usually seen as a typical late antique and mediaeval phenomenon. This paper argues that the compilatory method was already wide-spread in earlier centuries and indeed was the normal procedure for ancient authors dealing with the non-contemporary past, as can been seen from their reporting of traditions they did not necessarily believe, from the ubiquitous use of a single main source and the often indirect use of other sources, and from the persistence of old information over many centuries. As remarkable as this may seem to the modern scholar, it is hardly surprising when one considers the authority of tradition in the ancient world. For this reason it may be more productive to think about this phenomenon in terms of tradition rather than compilation.

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Research paper thumbnail of Medeios of Larissa (129)

Brill's New Jacoby

Testimonia and fragments with translation and commentary

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Research paper thumbnail of Kyrsilos of Pharsalos (130)

Brill’s New Jacoby

Kyrsilos of Pharsalos (fragment & testimonium): edition, translation and commentary.

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Research paper thumbnail of Xenagoras (1757)

Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Continued. Part IV E. Paradoxography and Antiquities. IV 2. Antiquities, vol. 1, ed. by David Engels and Stefan Schorn, Leiden, forthcoming. (already available at Brill Online)

The fragments of Xenagoras' "On Islands": edition, translation and commentary.

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Research paper thumbnail of K. Trampedach & A. Meeus (eds.), The Legitimation of Conquest: Monarchical Representation and the Art of Government in the Empire of Alexander the Great (Studies in Ancient Monarchies 7), Stuttgart 2020.

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Research paper thumbnail of A. Meeus (ed.) Narrative In Hellenistic Historiography (Histos Supplement 8), Newcastle upon Tyne 2018.

Narrative In Hellenistic Historiography, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of L.I. Hau, A. Meeus & B. Sheridan (eds.), Diodoros of Sicily: Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke (Studia Hellenistica 58), Leuven 2018.

Diodoros of Sicily: Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of H. Hauben & A. Meeus (eds.), The Age of the Successors and the Creation of the Hellenistic Kingdoms (323-276 B.C.) (Studia Hellenistica 53), Leuven 2014.

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Research paper thumbnail of Ἐνόπλιον ἅρματι: Anmerkungen zum isthmischen Sieg der Hedea, Tochter des Hermesianax, in Syll.3 802

Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 222, pp. 82-88., 2022

(FIRST PAGE ONLY) Contrary to what seems to have become the majority opinion in recent decades, ... more (FIRST PAGE ONLY)
Contrary to what seems to have become the majority opinion in recent decades, the words ἐνόπλιον ἅρματι refer to a single equestrian discipline, which must have been some form of armed chariot race: Hedea’s win constitutes a unique instance of a female victory in a civic hippic contest at the Isthmian Games.

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Research paper thumbnail of Sosthenes of Paros (1033)

S. Schorn (ed.), Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Continued Part IV, Brill Online., 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of Mnesiepes of Paros (1023)

in S. Schorn (ed.), Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Continued Part IV, Brill Online., 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of Anonymous, History of the Successors (Heidelberg Epitome) (155)

in I. Worthington (ed.), Brill’s New Jacoby, Brill Online., 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of Truth, Method and the Historian’s Character: The Epistemic Virtues of Greek and Roman Historians

in A. Turner (ed.), Reconciling Ancient and Modern Philosophies of History (Trends in Classics – Pathways of Reception 3), Berlin: De Gruyter 2020, 83-122., 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of The Strategies of Legitimation of Alexander and the Diadochoi: Continuities and Discontinuities

in K. Trampedach & A. Meeus (edd.), The Legitimation of Conquest: Monarchical Representation and the Art of Government in the Empire of Alexander the Great (Studies in Ancient Monarchies 7), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 2020, 291-317., 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of with K. Trampedach: 'Introduction: Understanding Alexander’s Relations With His Subjects'

in K. Trampedach & A. Meeus (edd.), The Legitimation of Conquest: Monarchical Representation and the Art of Government in the Empire of Alexander the Great (Studies in Ancient Monarchies 7), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 2020, 9-18., 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Life Portraits: Royals and People in a Globalizing World

K. Vandorpe (ed.), A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World), Hoboken, NJ: Wiley , 2019

Men and women traveling to or from Egypt in the Hellenistic and Roman periods including tourists,... more Men and women traveling to or from Egypt in the Hellenistic and Roman periods including tourists, hostages or prisoners of war, scholars, ambassadors and rulers. Despite the increased contact and knowledge Graeco-Roman views of Egyptian Religion with its animal cults still show little understanding. The concept of globalisation commonly applied to the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods needs to be understood in the very limited sense of a proto-globalisation, as D.T. Potts has called it.

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Research paper thumbnail of Friendship and Betrayal: The Alliances among the Diadochoi

T. Howe & F. Pownall (edd.), Ancient Macedonians in the Greek and Roman Sources: From History to Historiography, Swansea: Classical Press of Wales, 2018

Analysis of the constantly shifting alliances amongst the Successors and their policy of expedien... more Analysis of the constantly shifting alliances amongst the Successors and their policy of expediency, including a discussion of the meaning of the term 'koinopragia' in Diodoros.

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Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Narrative and Interpretation in the Hellenistic Historians

A. Meeus (ed.), Narrative in Hellenistic Historiography (Histos Supplement 8), Newcastle upon Tyne: Histos, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of History’s Aims and Audience in the Proem to Diodoros’ Bibliotheke

L.I. Hau, A. Meeus & B. Sheridan (edd.), Diodoros of Sicily: Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke (Studia Hellenistica 58), Leuven: Peeters, 2018

Scholarship on the general proem to Diodoros’ Bibliotheke has often focussed on its sources, whil... more Scholarship on the general proem to Diodoros’ Bibliotheke has often focussed on its sources, while current trends in Diodorean scholarship mostly stress originality. The evidence does not allow us to solve this problem, though, and the issue does not seem all that relevant anyway: it very much presupposes modern ideas of originality, so that to replace the old view of an unthinking copyist with the image of a highly original historian is simply to replace one misguided dogma with another. What matters is that the general proem to the Bibliotheke is an adequate reflection of Diodoros’ aims and entirely appropriate to the most common ancient view of historiography: indeed the proem contains all aspects of Cicero’s definition of history at De Oratore II 36 and reveals many parellels with the proems of contermporary Greek and Roman historians. Furthermore, all these functions of history as teacher, beacon of truth and memorial clearly form an integrated whole in Diodoros’ philosophy of history. As this was the standard view of historiography for over 2,000 years, it cannot simply be considered banal.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Introduction' to DIODOROS OF SICILY HISTORIOGRAPHICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE BIBLIOTHEKE

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Research paper thumbnail of Compilation or Tradition? Some Thoughts on the Methods of Historians and Other Scholars in Antiquity

Sacris Erudiri, 2017

Historiographical compilations are usually seen as a typical late antique and mediaeval phenomeno... more Historiographical compilations are usually seen as a typical late antique and mediaeval phenomenon. This paper argues that the compilatory method was already wide-spread in earlier centuries and indeed was the normal procedure for ancient authors dealing with the non-contemporary past, as can been seen from their reporting of traditions they did not necessarily believe, from the ubiquitous use of a single main source and the often indirect use of other sources, and from the persistence of old information over many centuries. As remarkable as this may seem to the modern scholar, it is hardly surprising when one considers the authority of tradition in the ancient world. For this reason it may be more productive to think about this phenomenon in terms of tradition rather than compilation.

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Research paper thumbnail of Medeios of Larissa (129)

Brill's New Jacoby

Testimonia and fragments with translation and commentary

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Research paper thumbnail of Kyrsilos of Pharsalos (130)

Brill’s New Jacoby

Kyrsilos of Pharsalos (fragment & testimonium): edition, translation and commentary.

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Research paper thumbnail of Xenagoras (1757)

Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Continued. Part IV E. Paradoxography and Antiquities. IV 2. Antiquities, vol. 1, ed. by David Engels and Stefan Schorn, Leiden, forthcoming. (already available at Brill Online)

The fragments of Xenagoras' "On Islands": edition, translation and commentary.

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Research paper thumbnail of Ctesias of Cnidus: Poet, Novelist or Historian?

I. Ruffell & L.I. Hau (edd.), Truth and History in the Ancient World: Pluralizing the Past, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘The Career of Sostratos of Knidos: Politics, Diplomacy and the Alexandrian Building Programme in the Early Hellenistic Period’

in E. Garvin, T. Howe & G. Wrightson (edd.), Greece, Macedon and Persia: Studies in Social, Political and Military History, Oxford: Oxbow Books 2015, 143-171.

This paper studies the career of Sostratos, the son of Dexiphanes, of Knidos. I argue that Sostr... more This paper studies the career of Sostratos, the son of Dexiphanes, of Knidos. I argue that Sostratos was both the architect and the dedicant of the lighthouse in Alexandria, review the evidence for his importance as a Ptolemaic diplomat, and try to show that his career started substantially earlier than is usually thought. Building on a recent argument by Litvinenko about Sostratos' diversion of the Nile, I explore the possibility that Kleomenes of Naukratis resisted Ptolemy's take-over of Egypt in 323. Finally the paper briefly deals with the association between Zeus and the Ptolemies in an anecdote of a diplomatic mission of Sostratos at the Antigonid court.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Territorial Ambitions of Ptolemy I

H. Hauben & A. Meeus (edd.), The Age of the Successors and the Creation of the Hellenistic Kingdoms (323-276 B.C.) (Studia Hellenistica 53), Leuven: Peeters 2014.

The vast majority of modern scholars hold that very soon or even immediately after Alexander’s de... more The vast majority of modern scholars hold that very soon or even immediately after Alexander’s death Ptolemy became a separatist who wanted to secede the satrapy of Egypt from the Macedonian empire. His conquest of areas outside Egypt is then interpreted as defensive imperialism. This article will question that assumption, and argue that it is more likely that Ptolemy was not less ambitious, but simply more careful than his rivals. The combination of his actions and his propaganda seems to suggest that like all other Successors, he wanted to become Alexander’s one and only true successor over the entire empire.

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Research paper thumbnail of with H. Hauben: Introduction. New Perspectives on the Age of the Successors

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Research paper thumbnail of Antigonos I Monophthalmos

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine & S.R. Hübner, pp. 459-461, 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of Hieronymos of Kardia

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine & S.R. Hübner, pp. 3214–3215., 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of Polyperchon

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine & S.R. Hübner, pp. 5398–5399, 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of Successors, Wars of

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine & S.R. Hübner, pp. 6432–6434., 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of Triparadeisos, Treaty of

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine & S.R. Hübner, pp. 6864–6865., 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of Review of R. Waterfield, Dividing the Spolis. The War For Alexander the Great's Empire

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Research paper thumbnail of Review of RM Errington, A History of the Hellenistic World 323-30 BC. Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.

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Research paper thumbnail of Review of F. Landucci Gattinoni, Diodoro Siculo, Biblioteca Storica, Libro XVIII. Commento storico, Milano 2008.

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Research paper thumbnail of Alejandro Magno. Geografía e Historiografía

Congreso 14 Diciembre 2015 Alcalá de Henares

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Research paper thumbnail of 5th meeting of the International network HISTORIAI. ANTIKE GESCHICHTSSCHREIBUNG UND VERGANGENHEITSVORSTELLUNGEN

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