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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... Greek koineas spoken and written by non-Greeks in the eastern Mediterranean after Alexander,2 but Droysen extended it from a merely philological concept to encapsulate what he saw as the essence of a whole epoch. Droysen's view of ...
... Greek koineas spoken and written by non-Greeks in the eastern Mediterranean after Alexander,2 but Droysen extended it from a merely philological concept to encapsulate what he saw as the essence of a whole epoch. Droysen's view of ...
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... Greek values was a necessary condition for the blending of east and west to fulfill the divine purpose , and Droysen took over Plutarch's panegyric almost verbatim.43 But there is little trace of a cultural mission in the source ...
... Greek values was a necessary condition for the blending of east and west to fulfill the divine purpose , and Droysen took over Plutarch's panegyric almost verbatim.43 But there is little trace of a cultural mission in the source ...
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... Greeks in the upper satrapies made common cause and attempted to return to the Aegean.48 Their motive was allegedly “longing for Greek culture and mode of life,”49 and the conditions under which they lived were profoundly non-Greek ...
... Greeks in the upper satrapies made common cause and attempted to return to the Aegean.48 Their motive was allegedly “longing for Greek culture and mode of life,”49 and the conditions under which they lived were profoundly non-Greek ...
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... Greek world . The situation had changed for the worse during Alexander's reign . When the Lamian War broke out in 323 , Antipatros , viceroy in Macedonia , was embarrassed by the lack of available troops and promptly suffered the first ...
... Greek world . The situation had changed for the worse during Alexander's reign . When the Lamian War broke out in 323 , Antipatros , viceroy in Macedonia , was embarrassed by the lack of available troops and promptly suffered the first ...
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... Greek poli- tics . For a brief spell in 312 , two nephews of Antigonos , Telesphoros and Polemaios , originally commissioned to protect the freedom of the Greeks , had turned against each other and were fighting a campaign in the ...
... Greek poli- tics . For a brief spell in 312 , two nephews of Antigonos , Telesphoros and Polemaios , originally commissioned to protect the freedom of the Greeks , had turned against each other and were fighting a campaign 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 |
The Cambridge Ancient History John Boardman,I. E. S. Edwards,N. G. L. Hammond,E. Sollberger No preview available - 1982 |
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