The Cynics by R Bracht Branham
This collection of essays examines the tradition associated with the ancient Cynics. The contributors to this volume - classicists, comparatists and philosophers - draw on a variety of methodologies to explore the ethical, social and cultural practices inspired by the Cynics.-
Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions
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The Vanished Library
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Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome
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Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
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Thundering Zeus
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Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State
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The Best of the Argonauts
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Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus
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Faces of Power
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The Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India
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The Image of the Jews in Greek Literature
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Creating a Common Polity
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Stoic Studies
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The Making of Fornication
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From Alexander to Jesus
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The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor
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The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa
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Seeing Double
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Asylia
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Interstate Arbitrations in the Greek World, 337–90 B.C.
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Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy
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Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories
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From Pergamon to Sperlonga
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The Politics of Plunder
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Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible
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Hellenistic Constructs
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Moral Vision in the Histories of Polybius
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Religion in Hellenistic Athens
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Tales of High Priests and Taxes
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The Question of Eclecticism
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Hellenistic History and Culture
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Pseudo Hecataeus, On the Jews
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Theocritus's Urban Mimes
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Poetic Garlands
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Jewish Perspectives on Hellenistic Rulers
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Athens and Macedon
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Polyeideia
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Hellenistic Egypt
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Into the Land of Bones
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A History of Macedonia
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The Beginnings of Jewishness
"An indispensable book...a major achievement. "The Cynics" is the new basic tool on Cynicism from its beginning to the present day; everyone working in the field will start here."--"Journal of the History of Philosophy"
R. Bracht Branham is Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Emory University. Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazè is Director of Research at the C.N.R.S., Paris.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520204492 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520204492 |
| Title | The Cynics |
| Author | R Bracht Branham |
| Series | Hellenistic Culture And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1997-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 465 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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