The Cambridge companion to the Hellenistic world / edited by Glenn R. Bugh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bugh, Glenn Richard, 1948- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hellenism.

Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.

Mediterranean Region.

Greece--History--281-146 B.C.

Greece.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 371 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This Companion volume offers fifteen original essays on the Hellenistic world and is intended to complement and supplement general histories of the period from Alexander the Great to Kleopatra VII of Egypt. Each chapter treats a different aspect of the Hellenistic world - religion, philosophy, family, economy, material culture, and military campaigns, among other topics. The essays address key questions about this period: To what extent were Alexander's conquests responsible for the creation of this new 'Hellenistic' age? What is the essence of this world and how does it differ from its Classical predecessor? What continuities and discontinuities can be identified? Collectively, the essays provide an in-depth view of a complex world. The volume also provides a bibliography on the topics along with recommendations for further reading.

Contents:

Alexander the Great and the creation of the Hellenistic age / A.B. Bosworth

The Hellenistic kingdoms / Winthrop Lindsay Adams

The Polis and federalism / D. Graham J. Shipley with Mogens H. Hansen

Hellenistic economies / John K. Davies

The Hellenistic family / Dorothy J. Thompson

History and rhetoric / Graham J. Oliver

Material culture / Susan I. Rotroff

Hellenistic art : two dozen innovations / Andrew Stewart

Language and literature / Nita Krevans and Alexander Sens

Greek religion : continuity and change in the Hellenistic period / Jon D. Mikalson

Philosophy for life / Robert W. Sharples

Science, medicine, and technology / Paul T. Keyser and Georgia Irby-Massie

Hellenistic military developments / Glenn R. Bugh

Greeks and non-Greeks / Erich S. Gruen

Recent trends and new directions / D. Graham J. Shipley.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781139000949 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.