Hellenistic Civilisation
Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 13,63 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Greece
ISBN :
Hellenistic Civilization
Author : Francois Chamoux
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 26,17 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.
Conventional Values of the Hellenistic Greeks
Author : Per Bilde
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,8 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.
Hellenistic Art
Author : Lucilla Burn
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 22,81 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
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.
Centre and Periphery in the Hellenistic World
Author : Per Bilde
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
The fifteen papers in this volume cover a wide range of centre-periphery related studies, from the archaeology and history of the period to investigations into the intellectual millieux and religious thoughts and their contexts. Contributors include: L Hannestad (Greeks and Celts: The creation of a myth); F Kaul (The Gundestrup cauldron); B Cunliffe (Iberia and the Mediterranean); K Randsborg (Greek peripheries and barbarian centres); J E Skydsgaard (The Greeks in southern Russia); V Gabrielsen (Rhodes and Rome after the Third Macedonian War); S Alcock (Surveying the peripheries of the Hellenistic world); T Bekker-Nielsen (Centres and road networks in Cyprus); I Nielsen (Italic palaces); A Invernizzi (Centre and periphery in Seleucid Asia); G Shipley (World-systems analysis and the Hellenistic' world); P Bilde (Jesus and Paul and religious innovation).
Art in the Hellenistic Age
Author : Jerome Jordan Pollitt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 1986-06-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521276726
Book Description
This 1986 book is an interpretative history of Greek art during the Hellenistic period.
The Hellenistic World
Author : Frank William Walbank
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 36,95 MB
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674387263
Book Description
The vast empire that Alexander the Great left at his death in 323 BC has few parallels. For the next three hundred years the Greeks controlled a complex of monarchies and city-states that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to India. F. W. Walbank's lucid and authoritative history of that Hellenistic world examines political events, describes the different social systems and mores of the people under Greek rule, traces important developments in literature and science, and discusses the new religious movements.
Alexander to Actium
Author : Peter Green
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 1006 pages
File Size : 36,58 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520083493
Book Description
A meticulous analysis of Hellenistic culture spanning three centuries, from the death of Alexander the Great in 325 B.C. Green surveys every significant aspect of Hellenistic cultural development in this colorful, complex period that will fascinate all readers. 217 illustrations, 30 maps.
Hellenic Civilization
Author : Maurice Croiset
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Greece
ISBN :
Book Description
The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World
Author : John Boardman
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 49,81 MB
Release : 1991-09-05
Category : Greece
ISBN : 0192852477
Book Description
This authorative study covers the period from the eighth century BC, which witnessed the emergence of the Greek city-states, to the conquests of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Greek monarchies some five centuries later.
