Companion to the Hellenistic World

Name: Companion to the Hellenistic World
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ISBN: 9781405132787

ISBN-10: 1405132787

ISBN-13: 9781405132787

Edition: 2005

Authors: Andrew Erskine, Sheila L. Ager, Susan E. Alcock, Michel Austin

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Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see. Comprises 29 original essays by leading international scholars. Essential reading for courses on Hellenistic history. Combines narrative and thematic approaches to the period. Draws on the very latest research. Covers a broad range of topics, spanning political, religious, social, economic and cultural history.

Book details

List price: $60.25
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.75" long x 1.81" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Contributors


Preface


Acknowledgments


Ancient Authors: Abbreviations and Glossary


Reference Works: Abbreviations


Approaching the Hellenistic World




Narratives



After Alexander: The emergence of the Hellenistic World, 323-281




An Uneasy Balance: From the Death of Seleukos to the Battle of Raphia




The Arrival of Rome: The Illyrian Wars to the Fall of Macedon




Subjection and Resistance: To the Death of Mithridates




A Roman East: Pompey's Settlement to the Death of Augustus




Protagonists



The Ptolemies and Egypt




The Seleukids and Asia




Macedon and the Mainland, 280-221




The Attalids of Pergamon




Change and Continuity



Kings




Cities




The Past in a Hellenistic Present: Myth and Local Tradition




Space and Geography




Greeks and Others



Town and Country in Ptolemaic Egypt




Jews and Greeks




The Galatians: Representation and Reality




Beyond Greeks and Barbarians: Italy and Sicily




Society and Economy



Family Structures




The Economy




Reading the Landscape




Warfare




Piracy and the Slave Trade




Gods and Men



Religion




The Divinity of Hellenistic Rulers




Arts and Sciences



Empires of Knowledge: Health and Medicine in the Hellenistic World




The Institutions of Hellenistic Philosophy




Literature and its Context




Hellenistic Art, AD 1500-2000



Bibliography


Chronology


Index