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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... Persian nobility in the distant past , when the sister of Alexander the Philhellene had been given to the son of the Persian commander in Thrace after Macedonia became a vassal state.4 Now the roles were reversed . The scale of the Susa ...
... Persian nobility in the distant past , when the sister of Alexander the Philhellene had been given to the son of the Persian commander in Thrace after Macedonia became a vassal state.4 Now the roles were reversed . The scale of the Susa ...
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... after they were denied return to their actual homelands. There is no indication that it percolated to the indigenous agrarian population . The children of Persia , Susiana 18 The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World.
... after they were denied return to their actual homelands. There is no indication that it percolated to the indigenous agrarian population . The children of Persia , Susiana 18 The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World.
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Glenn R. Bugh. indigenous agrarian population . The children of Persia , Susiana and Gedrosia did not , as Plutarch claimed , learn to recite the tragedies of Euripides and Sophocles . Instead , in Babylon at least , the Hellenic and ...
Glenn R. Bugh. indigenous agrarian population . The children of Persia , Susiana and Gedrosia did not , as Plutarch claimed , learn to recite the tragedies of Euripides and Sophocles . Instead , in Babylon at least , the Hellenic and ...
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... Persian kings ) and a cavalry guard of Companions.70 The attributes of Persian and Macedonian royalty were blended , but the scale was almost absurdly different . Leonnatos was the satrap elect of Hellespontine Phrygia , appointed by ...
... Persian kings ) and a cavalry guard of Companions.70 The attributes of Persian and Macedonian royalty were blended , but the scale was almost absurdly different . Leonnatos was the satrap elect of Hellespontine Phrygia , appointed by ...
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... Persian regimes , and the accumulated reserves of the Persian Empire were his to dispose of . The combination of ships , men , and money was irresistible during his lifetime , but was dispersed by his death . His career , it can be ...
... Persian regimes , and the accumulated reserves of the Persian Empire were his to dispose of . The combination of ships , men , and money was irresistible during his lifetime , but was dispersed by his death . His career , it can be ...
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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