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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... of the project were impressed by its ambition but not by its practicality and voted to quash it.9 Marshals and men ... ofthe Syr Darya was represented as pointless waste by the Alexandrian historian Kleitarchos.I5 The same pattern of ...
... of the project were impressed by its ambition but not by its practicality and voted to quash it.9 Marshals and men ... ofthe Syr Darya was represented as pointless waste by the Alexandrian historian Kleitarchos.I5 The same pattern of ...
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... ofthe great marshal Koinos, who had represented the cause of the common soldier against Alexander's imperialist ambitions in India. Kleandros was also connected with the administrator of the central treasuries, Alexander's boyhood ...
... ofthe great marshal Koinos, who had represented the cause of the common soldier against Alexander's imperialist ambitions in India. Kleandros was also connected with the administrator of the central treasuries, Alexander's boyhood ...
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... of the guardian ofthe kings, especially if (like Antipatros and his son Kassandros) they had not participated in the war of conquest. Satrapies accordingly became dynastic holdings, as Seleukos was to inform Antigonos when he demanded ...
... of the guardian ofthe kings, especially if (like Antipatros and his son Kassandros) they had not participated in the war of conquest. Satrapies accordingly became dynastic holdings, as Seleukos was to inform Antigonos when he demanded ...
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... of the Achaemenid royalty, and around ninety of his Companions took brides from the Iranian nobility.39 This could be ... ofthe Susa weddings was something extraordinary, but its rationale goes back to previous Macedonian history and ...
... of the Achaemenid royalty, and around ninety of his Companions took brides from the Iranian nobility.39 This could be ... ofthe Susa weddings was something extraordinary, but its rationale goes back to previous Macedonian history and ...
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... of the attested Alexandrias were in the east of the empire. They were envisaged as military foundations, as is explicit in the foundation of Alexandria Eschate (Chodzhent) on the south bank ofthe river Iaxartes. The area appeared to ...
... of the attested Alexandrias were in the east of the empire. They were envisaged as military foundations, as is explicit in the foundation of Alexandria Eschate (Chodzhent) on the south bank ofthe river Iaxartes. The area appeared to ...
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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