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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... practice , he had little concrete effect on the regimes that succeeded him . If there was a new age , it began in 319 , when Antipatros returned to Macedonia with the two kings , one an infant , the other mentally incompetent , and in ...
... practice , he had little concrete effect on the regimes that succeeded him . If there was a new age , it began in 319 , when Antipatros returned to Macedonia with the two kings , one an infant , the other mentally incompetent , and in ...
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... practice. It is very likely, as a result, that the others used the same mechanism and for the same reasons. There had been a clear break with the Argead dynasty, and this was a step toward establishing legitimacy in the eyes of their ...
... practice. It is very likely, as a result, that the others used the same mechanism and for the same reasons. There had been a clear break with the Argead dynasty, and this was a step toward establishing legitimacy in the eyes of their ...
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... practices have a like effect on the Macedonian homeland. Further, Demetrios' open ambitions made him a target for both Lysimachos and Pyrrhos of Epiros. And the latter had a legitimate claim on Macedonia, related by blood to Alexander ...
... practices have a like effect on the Macedonian homeland. Further, Demetrios' open ambitions made him a target for both Lysimachos and Pyrrhos of Epiros. And the latter had a legitimate claim on Macedonia, related by blood to Alexander ...
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... practiced procedure . It was short lived . Ptolemy himself was killed in a Celtic inva- sion of Macedonia in 279. Within two years ( 277 ) , the Macedonians proclaimed Antigonos Gonatas as king , in the absence of any other pos- sible ...
... practiced procedure . It was short lived . Ptolemy himself was killed in a Celtic inva- sion of Macedonia in 279. Within two years ( 277 ) , the Macedonians proclaimed Antigonos Gonatas as king , in the absence of any other pos- sible ...
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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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