Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm
Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm
Reihe: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
ISBN: 978-0-631-22537-9
Verlag: Wiley
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. Drawing on the very latest research, a team of international scholars creates a picture of the Hellenistic realm in all its complexity and diversity.
The Companion examines the impact of Alexanders conquest of the Persian empire, the emergence of the successor kingdoms in Macedon, Egypt and Syria, and the later development of Roman rule in the east. In such eventful times questions of change and continuity loom large. Narrative chapters give readers a sense of the sweep of Hellenistic history, while thematic chapters range widely, exploring the relationship between Greeks and non-Greeks, religious developments, social and economic change, medicine, literature and art.
This volume will be welcomed by students and professional historians alike as a personal reference source and will form the ideal basis for university courses on Hellenistic history.
Zielgruppe
faculty, researchers and upper level undergraduates in Hellenistic history, other fields of ancient history and classics
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Approaching the Hellenistic World: Andrew Erskine (National University of Ireland Galway).
Part I: Narratives:
2. After Alexander: The emergence of the Hellenistic World, 323281: David Braund (University of Exeter).
3. An Uneasy Balance: From the Death of Seleukos to the Battle of Raphia: Sheila L. Ager (University of Waterloo).
4. The Arrival of Rome: The Illyrian Wars to the Fall of Macedon: Peter Derow (University of Oxford).
5. Subjection and Resistance: To the Death of Mithridates: Brian McGing (Trinity College, Dublin).
6. A Roman East: Pompeys Settlement to the Death of Augustus: Claude Eilers (McMaster University).
Part II: Protagonists:
7. The Ptolemies and Egypt: Dorothy J. Thompson (University of Cambridge).
8. The Seleukids and Asia: Michel Austin (University of St Andrews).
9. Macedon and the Mainland, 280221: Joseph B. Scholten (University of Maryland).
10. The Attalids of Pergamon: Elizabeth Kosmetatou (Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington).
Part III: Change and Continuity:
11. Kings: John Ma (University of Oxford).
12. Cities: Richard Billows (Columbia University).
13. The Past in a Hellenistic Present: Myth and Local Tradition: Tanja S. Scheer (University of Munich).
14. Space and Geography: Klaus Geus (University of Bamberg).
Part IV: Greeks and Others:
15. Town and Country in Ptolemaic Egypt: Jane Rowlandson (Kings College, London).
16. Jews and Greeks: Erich S. Gruen (University of California, Berkeley).
17. The Galatians: Representation and Reality: Stephen Mitchell (University of Exeter).
18. Beyond Greeks and Barbarians: Italy and Sicily Emma Dench (Birkbeck College, London).
Part V: Society and Economy:
19. Family Structures: Riet van Bremen (University College London).
20. The Economy: Gary Reger (Trinity College, Hartford).
21. Reading the Landscape: Susan E. Alcock, Jennifer E. Gates and Jane E. Rempel (University of Michigan).
22. Warfare: Patrick Baker (Universite Laval).
23. Piracy and the Slave Trade: Vincent Gabrielsen (University of Copenhagen).
Part VI: Gods and Men:
24. Religion: David Potter (University of Michigan).
25. The Divinity of Hellenistic Rulers: Angelos Chaniotis, Heidelberg).
Part VII: Arts and Sciences:
26. Empires of Knowledge: Health and Medicine in the Hellenistic World: Rebecca Flemming (Kings College London).
27. The Institutions of Hellenistic Philosophy: Phillip Mitsis (New York University).
28. Literature and its Context: Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge).
29. Hellenistic Art, AD 15002000: Andrew Stewart (University of California, Berkeley).
