The Hellenistic Stoa by Andrew Erskine
Stoicism, which came to be closely identified with the Roman establishment, began as a radical doctrine. Indeed Zeno, the first Stoic (335-263BC), embarrassed his Roman successors by advocating the abolition of money, private property and marriage. How did this change come about? Dr Erskine pieces together the evidence for early Stoic political thought to examine the transition. He sets the philosophy in its historical context showing how political thought and action interrelate in the process. Chapters discuss Stoic attitudes to slavery, Roman imperialism, property and justice, as well as specific cases of political participation such as in third-century Athenian politics, the Spartan revolution and the land reform programme. There has been increasing interest in Hellenistic philosophy. This is the first book to treat in depth the Stoic attitude to society within the context of its political environment.
Andrew Erskine is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Hellenistic Stoa: Political Thought and Action; Troy between Greece and Rome: Local Tradition and Imperial Power and Roman Imperialism. Edited books include A Companion to the Hellenistic World and (with Lloyd Llewellyn- Jones) Creating a Hellenistic World. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University. He is the author of Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece; King and Court in Ancient Persia, Ctesias' Persica: Tales of the Orient, The Culture of Animals in Antiquity and Designs on the Past: How Hollywood Created the Ancient World. Forthcoming publications include Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther: The Visual World of Achaemenid Iran. Shane Wallace is Walsh Family Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at Trinity College Dublin. His research focuses on the history and epigraphy of the early Hellenistic period. He is currently completing a book entitled The Politics of Freedom: Kings and Cities in the Early Hellenistic Period'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781853997471 |
| ISBN 10 | 1853997471 |
| Title | The Hellenistic Stoa |
| Author | Andrew Erskine |
| Series | Bcpaperbacks |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2011-04-14 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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