Sheila Ager | |
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Born | 1956 (age 66–67) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Queen's University; University of British Columbia |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classics;Hellenistic History |
Institutions | University of Waterloo |
Notable works | Interstate Arbitrations in the Greek World,337-90 B.C |
Sheila Louise Ager (born 1956) is a Canadian Lecturer and the Director of Hellenistic Studies at the University of Waterloo,Ontario. [1] [2] Her principal area of interest is Greek history,focusing on the Hellenistic Age,from 323 BC to 30 BC. [1] She has further interest in interstate relations in the Hellenistic Period,and much of her work centres on the concept of peaceful resolution of disputes. She also researches the Ptolemaic dynasty,especially its final ruler,Cleopatra VII. [1]
Ager received her BA and MA from Queen's University,Kingston,Ontario,and was awarded her Ph.D from the University of British Columbia in 1989. [1] Since 1987 she has worked at the University of Waterloo,where she has held positions including Chair of the Department of Classical Studies,Associate Dean of Arts (undergraduate studies),and Director of the Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies. [3] [4] Since 2019,she has been Dean of the Faculty of Arts. [3] [4] She was the Hyde Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. [5]
Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus was a Seleucid monarch who reigned as King of Syria between 94 and 93 BC,during the Hellenistic period. He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his wife Tryphaena. Antiochus XI's early life was a time of constant civil war between his father and his uncle Antiochus IX. The conflict ended with the assassination of Antiochus VIII,followed by the establishment of Antiochus IX in Antioch,the capital of Syria. Antiochus VIII's eldest son Seleucus VI,in control of western Cilicia,marched against his uncle and had him killed,taking Antioch for himself,only to be expelled from it and driven to his death in 94 BC by Antiochus IX's son Antiochus X.
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