A Companion to the Hellenistic World

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3278-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1057 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erskine, Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures x

List of Contributors xii

Preface xvii

Acknowledgements xviii

Ancient Authors: Abbreviations and Glossary xix

Reference Work: Abbreviations xxiv

Part I Narratives 17

Part II: Protagonists 103

Part III: Change and Continuity 175

Part IV: Greeks and Others 247

Part V: Society and Economy 311

Part VI: Gods and Men 405

Part VII: Arts and Sciences 447

Bibliography 515

Chronology 567

Index 574

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Erskine is Head of Classics at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Hellenistic Stoa: Political Thought and Action (1990) and Troy between Greece and Rome: Local Tradition and Imperial Power (2001). He has held an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at the University of Munich.