Hellenistic Civilisation
Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,92 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Greece
ISBN :
Hellenistic Civilization
Author : Francois Chamoux
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 39,85 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 047075205X
Book Description
Spanning the period from Alexander the Great's accession to the throne in 336 BC to the defeat by Octavian of Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC, this volume provides a vivid account of the innovative civilization of the Hellenistic world.
Hellenistic History and Culture
Author : Peter Green
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 25,14 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520203259
Book Description
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.
Conventional Values of the Hellenistic Greeks
Author : Per Bilde
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,29 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
The contributors to this volume seek to decipher the Hellenistic citizens' views on vital elements of their society: the city, the ruler, religion, magic and astrology, everyday life and social relations (family and gender), morality, uses of the past, and the iconography of death. How did the changes in political and social ideas affect actions and practices, which in turn again altered concepts? Moreover, the authors distinguish between the views of the common people and the elite, the evidence from inscriptions (seen as popular sentiment) and the evidence from literature (from the elite). The authors' conclusions have broad ramifications for future scholars in a field that has not hitherto received much attention. This volume is essential reading on the early development of individualism and the history of ideas.
The Hellenistic Age
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,36 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Greece
ISBN :
Book Description
Hellenistic Art
Author : Lucilla Burn
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art, Hellenistic
ISBN : 9780892367764
Book Description
In this beautifully illustrated volume, Burn (Keeper of Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) introduces the Hellenistic world to students and readers interested in ancient Greek society. After a brief political and cultural overview, Burn identifies several distinctly Hellenistic artistic developments emerging in fourth-century Macedon. She then examines representations of royal and private individuals; the design, furnishing and appearances of cities, sanctuaries, houses and tombs; and the characteristic themes of Hellenistic iconography.
Hellenistic Civilization and the Jews
Author : Victor Tcherikover
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 1999-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801047855
Book Description
The encounter between Jews and Greeks marked one of the most revolutionary meetings in the ancient world, for in that encounter politics, economics, culture, and religion changed dramatically. Victor Tcherikover, who devoted his entire scholarly life to the study of the Hellenistic period, offers here a benchmark assessment of that encounter. In this reprinted edition of his most famous work, including a new preface by University of Chicago Professor John J. Collins, Tcherikover uniquely combines "analyses of two of the most intriguing episodes of Jewish history in antiquity: the events that led to the Maccabean rebellion and the struggle for rights in Alexandria in the first century CE" (from the preface).
The Hellenistic Age
Author : J. B. Bury
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 35,47 MB
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 8027303281
Book Description
"The Hellenistic Age" covers all significant aspects of the Hellenistic civilization. Authors' intention was to provide a comprehensive review of the historical period in which Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. The book deals with art, exploration, literature, theatre, architecture, music, mathematics, philosophy, science, and the most important social questions of the period between the conquest of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Roman Empire. The Hellenistic period covers the period of Mediterranean history between the conquest of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Roman Empire. At that time, Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. This book covers all the significant aspects of the Hellenistic civilization including the arts, exploration, literature, theatre, architecture, music, mathematics, philosophy and science Contents: The Hellenistic Age and the History of Civilization Alexandrian Literature Hellenistic Popular Philosophy The Social Question in the Third Century
Hellenic Civilization
Author : George Willis Botsford
Publisher :
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 13,56 MB
Release : 1915
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Written as a guide to both original documents and criticism for the purpose of understanding Greek, and in broader terms, Western civilization. This volume covers the wide breadth of Hellenic history including; early colonization, government and politics, economics, criminal law, religion, and science. It also includes English translations, so students or readers may find the material more accessible.
Hellenistic Civilisation. - London, Arnold 1927. VIII,312 S.
Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 22,23 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Classical antiquities
ISBN :
