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Is this the only Demetrius in history? -- Zoe
Please don't link king Menander to Menander the author. JJ
Another coin of Demetrius at the British Museum. Feel free to insert it into the article. PHG ( talk) 09:56, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
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In the table, "Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kings", the last two rows are missing the first column (dates). A guess might be "10 – 225 CE" and "15 – 90 CE" based on the reign dates on the pages of the rulers cited. Bcjohnston ( talk) 15:28, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
Despite limited sources I believe it’s almost guaranteed Demetrius used a title above the mere rank of King considering he ruled an empire that from Hyrcania in eastern Iran to the Indian Ocean. Thoughts ? ShahofHyrcania ( talk) 22:39, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
@ User:ZenoTheIonian; it is really good that you have taken up this article and the other Greco-Bactrian kings - they are in desperate need of improvement. However, we really have to talk about Tarn. You may credit him, but he is out-dated (because much more has been discovered - he wrote before the discovery of Ai Khanoum!) and had a tendency to just make stuff up. This isn't just my opinion - it is noted by every single author to write on Greco-Bactria since him. For example:
These are just the books on Graeco-Bactria that are in my room right now. Similar comments already in A. K. Narain. It is surely worth using him as a source, but I don't think it is acceptable to retain points that have been overturned by subsequent scholarship without serious health warnings. Furius ( talk) 16:06, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Indeed. I can’t deny this. I’ve read and enjoyed much of Tarns Hellenistic work, so perhaps I’m biased. And you are right that Basileus is not mere - apologies for saying so, but didn’t Seleucid monarchs use the old Achaemenid title - King of the universe or the world ? ZenoTheIonian ( talk) 16:56, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
As for Demetrius’ mother, Tarn may have made up a Diodotid connection, but it’s not far fetched. As the founding Greco-Bactrian dynasty, Diodotus I and his scions would have held considerable influence and Euthydemus probably would (if not already married to a sister of Diodotus II) would have do so upon his ascension to the throne... Are there any other modern authors who have found a possible consort for Euthydemus? ZenoTheIonian ( talk) 17:04, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
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In the table, "Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kings", the last two rows are missing the first column (dates). A guess might be "10 – 225 CE" and "15 – 90 CE" based on the reign dates on the pages of the rulers cited. Bcjohnston ( talk) 15:28, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
Despite limited sources I believe it’s almost guaranteed Demetrius used a title above the mere rank of King considering he ruled an empire that from Hyrcania in eastern Iran to the Indian Ocean. Thoughts ? ShahofHyrcania ( talk) 22:39, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
@ User:ZenoTheIonian; it is really good that you have taken up this article and the other Greco-Bactrian kings - they are in desperate need of improvement. However, we really have to talk about Tarn. You may credit him, but he is out-dated (because much more has been discovered - he wrote before the discovery of Ai Khanoum!) and had a tendency to just make stuff up. This isn't just my opinion - it is noted by every single author to write on Greco-Bactria since him. For example:
These are just the books on Graeco-Bactria that are in my room right now. Similar comments already in A. K. Narain. It is surely worth using him as a source, but I don't think it is acceptable to retain points that have been overturned by subsequent scholarship without serious health warnings. Furius ( talk) 16:06, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Indeed. I can’t deny this. I’ve read and enjoyed much of Tarns Hellenistic work, so perhaps I’m biased. And you are right that Basileus is not mere - apologies for saying so, but didn’t Seleucid monarchs use the old Achaemenid title - King of the universe or the world ? ZenoTheIonian ( talk) 16:56, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
As for Demetrius’ mother, Tarn may have made up a Diodotid connection, but it’s not far fetched. As the founding Greco-Bactrian dynasty, Diodotus I and his scions would have held considerable influence and Euthydemus probably would (if not already married to a sister of Diodotus II) would have do so upon his ascension to the throne... Are there any other modern authors who have found a possible consort for Euthydemus? ZenoTheIonian ( talk) 17:04, 6 August 2021 (UTC)