Hellenistic History and Culture

Edited and with an introduction by Peter Green.

Displaying the breadth of contemporary interest in the Hellenistic Age, this collection of eight essays demonstrates how current views of feminism, political ideologies, multiculturalism and ethnic peoples have lead to new interpretations of Ancient Greek culture and society. Content: N. G. L. Hammond: The Macedonian Imprint on the Hellenistic World; - S. M. Burstein: The Hellenistic Fringe: The Case of Meroë; - Martin Robertson: What Is "Hellenistic" about Hellenistic Art?; - Peter Levi: People in a Landscape: Theokritos; - A. A. Long: Hellenistic Ethics and Philosophical Power; - A. E. Samuel: The Ptolemies and the Ideology of Kingship; - K. D. White: "The Base Mechanic Arts"?; - Erich S. Gruen: Hellenism and Persecution: Antiochus IV and the Jews. XVI,293 Seiten mit 39 Abb., Leinen (Hellenistic Culture and Society; Vol. 9/University of California Press 1993) textsauberes Exemplar mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren/clean text pages, minor traces of use