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The Autocratic Theatre of Hieron II (2022)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2022). The Autocratic Theatre of Hieron II. In E. Csapo, H. R. Goette, J. R. Green, B. Le Guen, E. Paillard, J. A. A. Stoop, & P. Wilson (Eds.), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World (55-70). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110980356-004

Hieron II of Syracuse reigned for fifty-four years, from 269 to 215 BC – longer than any other Hellenistic monarch. His kingdom was relatively small and always required the support of external powers: first the Ptolemies and then the Romans. It survi... Read More about The Autocratic Theatre of Hieron II.

Kingship and Religion in Hellenistic Sicily: Balancing the Global and the Local (2022)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (in press). Kingship and Religion in Hellenistic Sicily: Balancing the Global and the Local. In S. Kravaritou, & M. Stamatopoulou (Eds.), Religious Interactions in the Hellenistic World. Brill Academic Publishers

The relationship between religion and royal power is one of the central focuses of scholarship on the Hellenistic period. A key theme of this research has been the way ideas and practices that had global recognition throughout the Hellenistic world i... Read More about Kingship and Religion in Hellenistic Sicily: Balancing the Global and the Local.