Faces of Hellenism : studies in the history of the Eastern Mediterranean, 4th century B.C.-5th century A.D. / edited by Peter Van Nuffelen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Van Nuffelen, Peter.

Series:

Studia Hellenistica ; 48.

Studia Hellenistica

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Hellenism.

History.

Mediterranean Region--Civilization--Greek influences.

Mediterranean Region.

Civilization.

Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.

Hellenism--History.

Physical Description:

ix, 342 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2009.

Language Note:

Articles in English, French, German or Spanish.

Contents:

Introduction / Peter Van Nuffelen

On eating men and human sacrifice: anthropology in Asclepiades of Cyprus and Theophrastus of Eresus / Stefan Schorn

Una noticia olvidada sobre el principio de las Historias de Éforo (Tauro ap. Juan Filópono, Aet. VI 8, p. 147, 17-18 Rabe) / Antonio Luis Chávez Reino

Kleopatra and the Diadochoi / Alexander Meeus

The name game: Hellenistic historians and royal epithets / Peter Van Nuffelen

Bilingual Greek-Demotic documentary papyri and Hellenization in Ptolomaic Egypt / Mark Depauw

"We too are in good health": the private correspondence from the Kleon Archive / Bart Van Beek

The archive of the Toparch Leon once again / Willy Clarysse

L'expression "ennemi des dieux": theoisin echthoros / Anne-Emmanuelle Veïsse

Why tax receipts on wood? On wooden tablet archives from Ptolomaic Egypt (pathyris) / Katelijn Vandorpe and Sofie Waebens

The border between Egypt and Syria from the 7th century B.C. until the 7th century A.D. / Herbert Verreth

Die Beziehung zwischen römischen Bürgerrecht und alexandrinischem Stadtrecht bis zur Constitutio Antoniniana (212) / Gertrud Dietze-Mager

The "marbre de Thorigny": rebellion or loyalty? / Karen Haegemans

Hellenism as a vehicle for local traditions in third-century-Egypt: the evidence from Panopolis / Karolien Geens

Know your classics! Manifestations of "classical culture" in late antique elite houses / Inge Uytterhoeven.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789042922730

9042922737

OCLC:

465089461