Bibliograph

The Hellenistic age, Peter Thonemann

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The Hellenistic age, Peter Thonemann

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-145) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Hellenistic age

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

919186902

Responsibility statement

Peter Thonemann

Summary

The Hellenistic Age was a time of opportunity and adventure, when a Celt from the lower Danube could serve in the mercenary army of a Macedonian king ruling in Egypt. Greek city-states came together under the earliest federal governments known to history, while scientists of Ptolemaic Alexandria measured the circumference of the earth, and pioneering Greek argonauts explored the Atlantic coast of Africa. Drawing on inscriptions, papyri, coinage, poetry, art, and archaeology, Peter Thonemann opens up the history and culture of the vast Hellenistic world, from the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the Roman conquest of the Ptolemaic kingdom (30 BC)

Table Of Contents

The idea of the Hellenistic -- From Alexander to Augustus -- Demetrius the Besieger and Hellenistic kingship -- Eratosthenes and the system of the world -- Encounters -- Priene

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