Hellenistic History and Culture by Peter Green
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.-
Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions
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Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome
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The Vanished Library
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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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The Cynics
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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
Peter Green is Dougherty Centennial Professor of Classics at the University of Texas, Austin. Novelist and scholar, his recent books include Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. (California, 1991), Alexander to Actium (California, 1990), and The Laughter of Aphrodite (California, 1993).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520203259 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520203259 |
| Title | Hellenistic History and Culture |
| Author | Peter Green |
| Series | Hellenistic Culture And Society |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1996-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 293 |
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