T﻿﻿he Tradition and Ideology of Naming Seleukid Queens

Alex McAuley

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The Tradition and Ideology of Naming Seleukid Queens

McAuley, Alex

From the journal Historia Historia, Volume 67, December 2018, issue 4

Published by Franz Steiner Verlag

article, 13223 Words
Original language: English
Historia 2018, pp 472-494
https://doi.org/10.25162/historia-2018-0019

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This article examines the traditions and ideology which guide the Seleukid dynasty’s faithful repetition of female names over various generations as a case study for better understanding Hellenistic royal onomastics. Beginning with a review of the function of Greek personal names more generally, the article then examines the mechanics behind repeating royal female names. The name Laodike is then taken as a case study, and is examined in relation to Seleukid mythology, royal cult, and the longer literary tradition stretching back to Homer. A reconstruction is then proposed, in which it is argued that female names functioned as quasi-titles.

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Alex McAuley

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Seleukids | Onomastics | Royal Women | Hellenistic history

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