The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic WorldGlenn R. Bugh Cambridge University Press, 2006 M05 1 This Companion volume offers fifteen original essays on the Hellenistic world and is intended to complement and supplement general histories of the period from Alexander the Great to Kleopatra VII of Egypt. Each chapter treats a different aspect of the Hellenistic world - religion, philosophy, family, economy, material culture, and military campaigns, among other topics. The essays address key questions about this period: To what extent were Alexander's conquests responsible for the creation of this new 'Hellenistic' age? What is the essence of this world and how does it differ from its Classical predecessor? What continuities and discontinuities can be identified? Collectively, the essays provide an in-depth view of a complex world. The volume also provides a bibliography on the topics along with recommendations for further reading. |
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... Alexander. the. Great. and. the. Creation. of. the. Hellenistic. age. A. B. Bosworth. S. T“. he name of Alexander marks the end of one age of the world, the beginning of another.” This lapidary and much-quoted apophthegm is the starting ...
... Alexander. the. Great. and. the. Creation. of. the. Hellenistic. age. A. B. Bosworth. S. T“. he name of Alexander marks the end of one age of the world, the beginning of another.” This lapidary and much-quoted apophthegm is the starting ...
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... Alexander after his death . Reaction there certainly was . That can be seen in the sphere that Alexander made most his own : military conquest . Alexander's reign wit- nessed a practically unlimited series of campaigns , which saw the ...
... Alexander after his death . Reaction there certainly was . That can be seen in the sphere that Alexander made most his own : military conquest . Alexander's reign wit- nessed a practically unlimited series of campaigns , which saw the ...
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... Alexander was credited with an unlimited urge for conquest . Arrian expresses the opinion that he would never have ceased campaigning , competing with himself if there were no rivals left to surpass , and that was the impression Alexander's ...
... Alexander was credited with an unlimited urge for conquest . Arrian expresses the opinion that he would never have ceased campaigning , competing with himself if there were no rivals left to surpass , and that was the impression Alexander's ...
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... Alexander's example was to be avoided. The Successors did not, of course, renounce war. Military oper- ations were ... Alexander inherited from the Achaemenids. It had created a network of satraps, local despots who could exploit the ...
... Alexander's example was to be avoided. The Successors did not, of course, renounce war. Military oper- ations were ... Alexander inherited from the Achaemenids. It had created a network of satraps, local despots who could exploit the ...
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... Alexander's imperialist ambitions in India. Kleandros was also connected with the administrator of the central treasuries, Alexander's boyhood friend Harpalos. Both originated in the once independent principality of Elimiotis in the ...
... Alexander's imperialist ambitions in India. Kleandros was also connected with the administrator of the central treasuries, Alexander's boyhood friend Harpalos. Both originated in the once independent principality of Elimiotis in the ...
Contents
28 | |
Section 2 | 52 |
Section 3 | 73 |
Section 4 | 93 |
Section 5 | 94 |
Section 6 | 113 |
Section 7 | 136 |
Section 8 | 158 |
Section 9 | 186 |
Section 10 | 208 |
Section 11 | 223 |
Section 12 | 241 |
Section 13 | 246 |
Section 14 | 265 |
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The Cambridge Ancient History John Boardman,I. E. S. Edwards,N. G. L. Hammond,E. Sollberger No preview available - 1982 |
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