Hellenistic history and culture /edited and with an introduction by Peter Green.

Hellenistic history and culture /edited and with an introduction by Peter Green. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1993. - xvi, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : new approaches to the Hellenistic world The Macedonian imprint on the Hellenistic World The Hellenistic fringe : the case of Meroe What is "Hellenistic" about Hellenistic art? / Martin Robertson. Response People in a landscape : Theokritos Hellenistic ethics and philosophical power The Ptolemies and the ideology of kingship "The base mechanic arts"? : some thoughts on the contribution of science (pure and applied) to the culture of the Hellenistic Age Hellenism and persecution : Antiochus IV and the Jews Peter Green -- N.G.L. Hammond. Response E.N. Borza -- S.M. Burstein. Response Frank Holt -- J.J. Pollitt -- Peter Levi. Response David M. Halperin -- A.A. Long. Response Paul Woodruff -- A.E. Samuel. Response Diana Delia -- K.D. White. Response John Scarborough -- Erich S. Gruen. Response M. Gwyn Morgan.



91031398

GB93-65701


Hellenism.

DF77 / .H455 1993 DF77