Hellenistic History and Culture
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actium
alexander the great
ancient history
ancient political structures
ancient world
antigonos the one eyed
apollonius
argonautica
argonauts
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central asia
eclecticism
epic hero
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feminism
gender studies
greco roman tradition
greek philosophy
hellenistic age
hellenistic culture
hellenistic culture and society
hellenistic society
history
ideology
macedonia
multiculturalism
philosophy of mind
politics
samarkhand
sardis
seleucid empire
self definition
syria
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- ISBN 9780520203259
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jul 1996
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Peter Green is Dougherty Centennial Professor of Classics at the University of Texas, Austin. Novelist and scholar, his recent books include Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. (California, 1991), Alexander to Actium (California, 1990), and The Laughter of Aphrodite (California, 1993).
