Lysimachus : a study in early Hellenistic kingship / Helen S. Lund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lund, Helen S. (Helen Sarah), 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lysimachus, King of Thrace, approximately 361 B.C.-281 B.C.

Lysimachus.

Greece--History--Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.

Greece.

Macedonia--History--Diadochi, 323-276 B.C.

Macedonia.

Thrace--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Thrace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages) : maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although shortlived, Lysimachus' Hellespontine empire foreshadowed those of Pergamum and Byzantium. Lund's book sets his actions significantly within the context of the volatile early Hellenistic world and views them as part of a continuum of imperial rule in Asia minor. She challenges the assumption that he was a vicious, but ultimately incompetent tyrant.

Contents:

LYSIMACHUS A study in early Hellenistic kingship; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Maps; I Thrace and the West Pontic coast in the fourth century BC; II Western Asia Minor in the time of Lysimachus; 1 The Road to Babylon: Family Background, Early Career and 'Character'; 2 Thrace and Pontus; 3 The Acquisition of Empire: Ambition, Enmity and Alliance; 4 After Ipsus: The Empire Extended; 5 Governor of the Greeks; 6 Kingship, Cult and Court; 7 Scheming Women and senile Decay? The Last days of Lysimachus; Appendix I Lysimachus and the problem of Prienean autonomy; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-33705-2

0-203-03404-X

9780203034040

OCLC:

437077751