Encyclopaedia Iranica, the standard English language scholarly reference for Iranian history and religion published by the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation in association with Columbia University's Center for Iranian Studies, records that Antiochus I of Commagene reigned from around 69 to 36 BCE, built the hierothesion atop Nemrud Dagi with its colossal statues of a syncretic Greco-Iranian pantheon, and identifies the cult figure Zeus-Oromasdes as a fusion of Zeus with the Zoroastrian supreme god Ahura Mazda.
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The standard English language academic reference for Iranian and Zoroastrian studies, published in association with Columbia University's Center for Iranian Studies, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable standard academic reference works, used here for Antiochus I's reign dates and the syncretic religious program at Nemrud Dagi, corroborated by Albert de Jong's peer reviewed academic study of Commagene's dynastic Zoroastrianism. Citation
PublisherEncyclopaedia Iranica Foundation
URLhttps://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/antiochus-of-commagene/
Source Typeacademic reference
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