Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World

Name: Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World
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ISBN: 9780521535700

ISBN-10: 0521535700

ISBN-13: 9780521535700

Edition: 2006

Authors: Glenn Richard Bugh

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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…

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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 418
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Introduction




Alexander the Great and the creation of the Hellenistic age




The Hellenistic Kingdoms WinthropCLindsay Adams



The Polis and Federalism Graham Shipley with Mogens




Hellenistic economies




The Hellenistic family




History and rhetoric




Material culture




Hellenistic art: two dozen innovations




Language and literature




Greek religion: continuity and change in the Hellenistic Period




Philosophy for life




Science, medicine, and technology




Hellenistic military developments




Greeks and non-Greeks




Recent trends and new directions