UID:
edoccha_9958068132202883
Format:
1 online resource (312 p.) :
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39 illustrations
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
0-585-16030-9
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0-520-91709-X
Series Statement:
Hellenistic Culture and Society Series ; Volume 9
Content:
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.
Note:
Includes index.
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Front matter --
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CONTENTS --
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ILLUSTRATIONS --
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PREFACE --
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ABBREVIATIONS --
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Introduction: New Approaches to the Hellenistic World --
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The Macedonian Imprint on the Hellenistic World --
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The Hellenistic Fringe: The Case of Meroé --
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What Is "Hellenistic" about Hellenistic Art? --
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People in a Landscape: Theokritos --
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Hellenistic Ethics and Philosophical Power --
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The Ptolemies and the Ideology of Kingship --
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"The Base Mechanic Arts"? Some Thoughts on the Contribution of Science (Pure and Applied) to the Culture of the Hellenistic Age --
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Hellenism and Persecution: Antiochus IV and the Jews --
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CONTRIBUTORS --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-20325-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-07564-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520917095
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