Book contents
- Syrian identity in the Greco-Roman world
- Series page
- Syrian identity in the Greco-Roman world
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Preface and technical notes
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Greek poleis and the Syrian ethnos (second century BCE to first century CE)
- Part II Greek collectives in Syria (first to third centuries CE)
- Part III Imitation Greeks: being Greek and being other (second and third centuries CE)
- Chapter Eight Greeks write Syria
- Chapter Nine The theater of empire
- Chapter Ten Syria writes back
- Chapter Eleven The ascendency of Syrian Greekness and Romanness
- Conclusion: a world restored
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter Nine - The theater of empire
Lucian, cultural performance, and Roman rule
from Part III - Imitation Greeks: being Greek and being other (second and third centuries CE)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2013
- Syrian identity in the Greco-Roman world
- Series page
- Syrian identity in the Greco-Roman world
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Preface and technical notes
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Greek poleis and the Syrian ethnos (second century BCE to first century CE)
- Part II Greek collectives in Syria (first to third centuries CE)
- Part III Imitation Greeks: being Greek and being other (second and third centuries CE)
- Chapter Eight Greeks write Syria
- Chapter Nine The theater of empire
- Chapter Ten Syria writes back
- Chapter Eleven The ascendency of Syrian Greekness and Romanness
- Conclusion: a world restored
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Syrian Identity in the Greco-Roman World , pp. 261 - 287Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013