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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Page 29
... Antigonos the One-Eyed (Monophthalmos), was on duty as a general in 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 ...
... Antigonos the One-Eyed (Monophthalmos), was on duty as a general in 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 ...
Page 30
... Antigonos the One-Eyed was reconfirmed as satrap of Greater Phrygia and thus was kept out of the picture. Leonnatos was given Hellespontine Phry- gia, and Alexander's Greek secretary, Eumenes of Kardia, Cappado- cia. Two more court ...
... Antigonos the One-Eyed was reconfirmed as satrap of Greater Phrygia and thus was kept out of the picture. Leonnatos was given Hellespontine Phry- gia, and Alexander's Greek secretary, Eumenes of Kardia, Cappado- cia. Two more court ...
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... Antigonos was to command a field army to crush Eumenes. The other satrapal appoint- ments were reconfirmed. But within two years, Antipatros was dead of natural causes, and the struggle for control of the kings (and the empire) was ...
... Antigonos was to command a field army to crush Eumenes. The other satrapal appoint- ments were reconfirmed. But within two years, Antipatros was dead of natural causes, and the struggle for control of the kings (and the empire) was ...
Page 32
... Antigonos the One- Eyed, Demetrios (who was later given the nickname of “Poliorketes” or “Sacker of Cities”), managed to liberate Athens from Kassandros and his puppet, Demetrios of Phaleron. For this, both he and his father were ...
... Antigonos the One- Eyed, Demetrios (who was later given the nickname of “Poliorketes” or “Sacker of Cities”), managed to liberate Athens from Kassandros and his puppet, Demetrios of Phaleron. For this, both he and his father were ...
Page 33
... Antigonos gained control of Asia and Macedonia, he would pose too great a power for the others to survive. They made common cause, and the decisive battle was fought at Ipsos in the spring of 301. Lysimachos and Seleukos, commanding the ...
... Antigonos gained control of Asia and Macedonia, he would pose too great a power for the others to survive. They made common cause, and the decisive battle was fought at Ipsos in the spring of 301. Lysimachos and Seleukos, commanding 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 |
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