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Alexander to Actium: the historical evolution of the Hellenistic age
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ISBN: 0520056116 0520914147 9780520056114 Year: 1990 Volume: 1 Publisher: Berkeley (Calif.): University of California press,

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The Hellenistic Age, the three extraordinary centuries from the death of Alexander in 323 B. C. to Octavian's final defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, has offered a rich and variegated field of exploration for historians, philosophers, economists, and literary critics. Yet few scholars have attempted the daunting task of seeing the period whole, of refracting its achievements and reception through the lens of a single critical mind. Alexander to Actium was conceived and written to fill that gap.In this monumental work, Peter Green-noted scholar, writer, and critic-breaks with the traditional practice of dividing the Hellenistic world into discrete, repetitious studies of Seleucids, Ptolemies, Antigonids, and Attalids. He instead treats these successor kingdoms as a single, evolving, interrelated continuum. The result clarifies the political picture as never before. With the help of over 200 illustrations, Green surveys every significant aspect of Hellenistic cultural development, from mathematics to medicine, from philosophy to religion, from literature to the visual arts.Green offers a particularly trenchant analysis of what has been seen as the conscious dissemination in the East of Hellenistic culture, and finds it largely a myth fueled by Victorian scholars seeking justification for a no longer morally respectable imperialism. His work leaves us with a final impression of the Hellenistic Age as a world with haunting and disturbing resemblances to our own. This lively, personal survey of a period as colorful as it is complex will fascinate the general reader no less than students and scholars.

Hellenistic history and culture
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ISBN: 0520075641 0520203259 052091709X 0585160309 9780520917095 9780585160306 9780520075641 Year: 1993 Volume: 9 Publisher: Berkeley (Calif.): University of California press,

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In a 1988 conference, American and British scholars unexpectedly discovered that their ideas were converging in ways that formed a new picture of the variegated Hellenistic mosaic. That picture emerges in these essays and eloquently displays the breadth of modern interest in the Hellenistic Age. A distrust of all ideologies has altered old views of ancient political structures, and feminism has also changed earlier assessments. The current emphasis on multiculturalism has consciously deemphasized the Western, Greco-Roman tradition, and Nubians, Bactrians, and other subject peoples of the time are receiving attention in their own right, not just as recipients of Greco-Roman culture. History, like Herakleitos' river, never stands still. These essays share a collective sense of discovery and a sparking of new ideas--they are a welcome beginning to the reexploration of a fascinatingly complex age.


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The shadow of the Parthenon: : studies in ancient history and literature
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ISBN: 0520023226 9780520023222 Year: 1972 Publisher: Berkeley (Calif.): University of California press,


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Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B.C.: : a historical biography
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ISBN: 0140216901 9780140216905 Year: 1974 Publisher: Harmondsworth: Penguin books,

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Generals --- Alexander, --- Greece --- History --- -|02425/B --- Armed Forces --- Biography --- Officers --- Alexander Magnus. --- Alexander, M. J. --- -Kings and rulers --- -Biography. --- Alexander --- Alexander the Great --- Alexander der Große --- Alexandre le Grand --- Alejandro Magno --- Alexander de Grote --- Griechenland --- Grèce --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- |02425/B --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Macedonia --- Kings and rulers --- Generals - Greece - Biography --- Alexander, - the Great, - 356 BC-323 BC --- Greece - History - Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C

Classical bearings: : interpreting ancient history and culture
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ISBN: 0520208110 9780520208117 Year: 1998 Publisher: Berkeley (Calif.): University of California press,

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Sir Thomas Browne
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Year: 1969 Publisher: Harlow (Essex): Longman,

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John Skelton
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Year: 1960 Publisher: London: Longmans, Green,

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John Skelton
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ISBN: 9780582011281 0582011280 Year: 1978 Publisher: Harlow: Longman,

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Alexander the Great
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Year: 1973 Publisher: London: Book club associates,

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Contemporary transport trends
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ISBN: 1856282848 9781856282840 Year: 1992 Publisher: Aldershot (Hants): Avebury,

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