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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... satraps with Greeks or Macedonians . Those who were retained in office were the handful who had shown outstanding loyalty and had put down rebellion ( Phrataphernes and Atropates ) and his father - in - law Oxyartes , who held sway in ...
... satraps with Greeks or Macedonians . Those who were retained in office were the handful who had shown outstanding loyalty and had put down rebellion ( Phrataphernes and Atropates ) and his father - in - law Oxyartes , who held sway in ...
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... 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. They were reluctant ...
... 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. They were reluctant ...
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... satrap elect of Hellespontine Phrygia , appointed by his pre- vious colleague Perdikkas . His authority was confined to a compara- tively small territory in northwest Asia Minor ; yet , he assumed the airs and trappings of a universal ...
... satrap elect of Hellespontine Phrygia , appointed by his pre- vious colleague Perdikkas . His authority was confined to a compara- tively small territory in northwest Asia Minor ; yet , he assumed the airs and trappings of a universal ...
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... a usurper [ Curt . 10.1.39 ; cf. Badian ( 2000 ) 91−2 ] . On the disappearance of Iranian satraps , see Bosworth ( 1988a ) 240—1 ; Brosius ( 2003 ) 190–3 . 39 Arr . 7.4.4–7 ; Ath . 12.538b – 39a 25 ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
... a usurper [ Curt . 10.1.39 ; cf. Badian ( 2000 ) 91−2 ] . On the disappearance of Iranian satraps , see Bosworth ( 1988a ) 240—1 ; Brosius ( 2003 ) 190–3 . 39 Arr . 7.4.4–7 ; Ath . 12.538b – 39a 25 ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
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... (satraps) had either already been executed for trea- son and malfeasance or were awaiting that fate, which hamstrung the normal machinery of government. The leading figures of the last decade were all gone, dead from the strains and ...
... (satraps) had either already been executed for trea- son and malfeasance or were awaiting that fate, which hamstrung the normal machinery of government. The leading figures of the last decade were all gone, dead from the strains and ...
Contents
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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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