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Seleucid “Greeks” = Syrians (3)

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“Syrianization” of Seleucid Greeks
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12.02.03.04 Designation of the Seleucid Empire as Syria/Assyria
12.02.03.04.02 “Syrianization” of Seleucid Greeks
Designation of the Seleucid Empire as Syria/Assyria
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12.02.03.04 Designation of the Seleucid Empire as Syria/Assyria

Keywords
Syrians

Period
2nd century BCE
Roman Empire

Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Polybius 32.6.6:
The Syrian Greeks were regarded by the Greeks of the motherland as inferior to them.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Polybius 32.6.6

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Cf. Seleucid “Greeks” = Syrians (1)
Cf. Seleucid “Greeks” = Syrians (2)

Simo Parpola

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