Imaginary kings
Subtitle: royal images in the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome
By: Olivier Hekster, Richard Fowler, eds
Series: Oriens et occidens -- Bd. 11; Geschichte / Franz Steiner Verlag; Geschichte (Franz Steiner Verlag)
Publisher: Steiner
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stuttgart
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Kings and rulers in numismatics; Kings and rulers; Kings and rulers in art; Beeldvorming; Visualisatie; Propaganda; Congresses; Vorsten; Oudheid; History
Notes: Conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Imagining kings : from Persia to Rome / Richard Fowler & Olivier Hekster; title: Le roi imaginaire : an audience with the Achaemenid king / Lindsay Allen; title: The tragic king : Demetrios Poliorketes and the city of Athens / Peter Thonemann; title: Philorōmaios kaì philéllēn : Roman perception of Commagenian royalty / Margherita Facella; title: A curia of kings : Sulla and royal imagery / Matthew Gisborne; title: 'Most fortunate roots' : tradition and legitimacy in Parthian royal ideology / Richard Fowler; title: Captured in the gaze of power : visibility, games and Roman imperial representation / Olivier Hekster; title: Kingly priests in the Roman Near East? / Ted Kaizer.