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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... Antigonid fleet, defeated Ptolemy in a naval engagement off Cyprus in 306 (see also Chapter 13 in this volume). This ... Antigonids had done so through the mechanism of their army, visibly connecting to the previous Macedonian custom ...
... Antigonid fleet, defeated Ptolemy in a naval engagement off Cyprus in 306 (see also Chapter 13 in this volume). This ... Antigonids had done so through the mechanism of their army, visibly connecting to the previous Macedonian custom ...
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... Antigonids and to the command of the great Antigonid fleet. This did not end the maneuvering. The victors soon fell out among themselves, as Demetrios must have hoped. Kassandros died of consumption over the winter of 298/7 and his son ...
... Antigonids and to the command of the great Antigonid fleet. This did not end the maneuvering. The victors soon fell out among themselves, as Demetrios must have hoped. Kassandros died of consumption over the winter of 298/7 and his son ...
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... Antigonid forces in Greece proper, while he himselftook command ofthe fleet and left to try his hand in Asia Minor ... Antigonids as the new dynasty of Macedonia, one that would last for the rest of Macedonia's independence. What has ...
... Antigonid forces in Greece proper, while he himselftook command ofthe fleet and left to try his hand in Asia Minor ... Antigonids as the new dynasty of Macedonia, one that would last for the rest of Macedonia's independence. What has ...
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... Antigonids in Macedonia, and Seleukos' son, Antiochos I, who had been ruling in his father's absence asjoint monarch and ... Antigonid Macedonia Macedonia claimed the direct inheritance of the traditions of Philip and Alexander's kingdom ...
... Antigonids in Macedonia, and Seleukos' son, Antiochos I, who had been ruling in his father's absence asjoint monarch and ... Antigonid Macedonia Macedonia claimed the direct inheritance of the traditions of Philip and Alexander's kingdom ...
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... Antigonid Macedonia.11 A popular monarch might occasionally get away with murder, literally, but clearly there were Macedonian sensibilities to which, to a large extent, Antigonos Gonatas and his successors paid attention. Nor was there ...
... Antigonid Macedonia.11 A popular monarch might occasionally get away with murder, literally, but clearly there were Macedonian sensibilities to which, to a large extent, Antigonos Gonatas and his successors paid attention. Nor was there ...
Contents
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THE POLIS AND FEDERAL1sM | 52 |
Hellenistic Economies | 73 |
2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 500 BC AD | 85 |
The Hellenistic Family | 93 |
6 HIsToRY AND RHETORIC | 113 |
7 MATERIAL CULTURE | 136 |
Hellenistic Art | 158 |
Language and Literature | 186 |
GREEK RELIGION | 208 |
Philosophy for Life | 223 |
Science Medicine | 241 |
Sideelevation Unbroken lines show the Sambuca in horizontal position Broken | 260 |
Hellenistic Military | 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 |
The Cambridge Ancient History John Boardman,I. E. S. Edwards,N. G. L. Hammond,E. Sollberger No preview available - 1982 |
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