Courts and elites in the Hellenistic empires. 330 to 30 BCE, C. 330 to 30 BCE : the Near East after the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 BCE / Rolf Strootman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strootman, Rolf, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--Middle East.

Elite (Social sciences).

Elite (Social sciences)--Macedonia.

Europe--Macedonia.

Middle East.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Other Title:

Near East after the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 BCE

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The first complete study of royal courts in the post-Achaemenid Near East. Rolf Strootman brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. During the Hellenistic Period (c. 330-30 BCE), Alexander the Great and his successors reshaped their Persian and Greco-Macedonian legacies to create a new kind of rulership that was neither 'western' nor 'eastern' and would profoundly influence the later development of court culture and monarchy in both the Roman West and Iranian East. Drawing on the socio-political models of Norbert Elias and Charles Tilly, After the Achaemenids shows how the Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in the integration of local elites in the empires, and the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status. It analyses the competition among courtiers for royal favour and the, not always successful, attempts of the Hellenistic rulers to use these struggles to their own advantage. Key features Demonstrates the interrelationships of the three competing 'Hellenistic' empires of the Seleukids, Antigonids and Ptolemies Casts new light on the phenomenon of Hellenistic Kingship by approaching it from the angle of the court Covers topics such as palace architecture, royal women, court ceremonial, and coronation ritual

Contents:

Part I Setting the Scene

1 The Court as an Instrument of Power 36

2 The Theatre of Royalty 42

3 The Royal Palace: A Stage for Royal Rituals 54

Part II The Court as a Socio-Political System

4 The Royal Household 93

5 Court Society 111

6 Royal Pages 136

7 Social Dynamics 145

8 Hierarchy and Conflict 165

Part III Ceremonial and Ritual

9 Ceremonial and Protocol 187

10 Death and Resurrection: Inauguration Ritual 210

11 The Royal Entry 233

12 Royal Processions: Enacting the Myth of Empire 247.

Notes:

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Strootman, Rolf. Courts and elites in the Hellenistic empires. 330 to 30 BCE, c. 330 to 30 BCE

ISBN:

9780748691272

0748691278

9781306819916

1306819911

OCLC:

881244263

Publisher Number:

10.3366/j.ctt9qdr6q

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.