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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... Asia Minor; yet, he assumed the airs and trappings of a universal monarch. The ambition was clear, but the resources were lacking. Nowhere is the contrast clearer than in Macedonia itself. By the time of Chaironeia, the kingdom was a ...
... Asia Minor; yet, he assumed the airs and trappings of a universal monarch. The ambition was clear, but the resources were lacking. Nowhere is the contrast clearer than in Macedonia itself. By the time of Chaironeia, the kingdom was a ...
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... Asia Minor. Ptolemy suggested that the council itself should govern the empire, exercising royal authority without a king, and await the outcome of Roxane's pregnancy before making any other decision regarding the succession. It was a ...
... Asia Minor. Ptolemy suggested that the council itself should govern the empire, exercising royal authority without a king, and await the outcome of Roxane's pregnancy before making any other decision regarding the succession. It was a ...
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... Asia Minor to attack Perdikkas from the north. Perdikkas detailed Eumenes of Kardia to slow them up in Asia Minor while he took care of Ptolemy in the south. Eumenes managed to kill Krateros in personal combat, but Antipatros and the ...
... Asia Minor to attack Perdikkas from the north. Perdikkas detailed Eumenes of Kardia to slow them up in Asia Minor while he took care of Ptolemy in the south. Eumenes managed to kill Krateros in personal combat, but Antipatros and the ...
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... Asia Minor. But in the maneuvering against Lysimachos, Demetrios' luck finally ran out. He fell back to the south and was captured by Seleukos in 286. Demetrios spent the remaining three years of his life in captivity. For all intents ...
... Asia Minor. But in the maneuvering against Lysimachos, Demetrios' luck finally ran out. He fell back to the south and was captured by Seleukos in 286. Demetrios spent the remaining three years of his life in captivity. For all intents ...
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... Asia. Both ofthese required a fleet. Ptolemy I had established possessions in the Aegean islands and on the Asia Minor coastline, following the collapse of the Antigonid kingdom after the Battle of Ipsos in 301. These were organized ...
... Asia. Both ofthese required a fleet. Ptolemy I had established possessions in the Aegean islands and on the Asia Minor coastline, following the collapse of the Antigonid kingdom after the Battle of Ipsos in 301. These were organized ...
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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