A Guide to Hellenistic LiteratureJohn Wiley & Sons, 2008 M04 15 - 280 pages This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period.
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... monarchs served as magnets for aspiring and talented authors. The most spectacular of these was the court of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, who established poets and scholars alike in the Museum and Library complex that graced their new ...
... monarchs served as magnets for aspiring and talented authors. The most spectacular of these was the court of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, who established poets and scholars alike in the Museum and Library complex that graced their new ...
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... monarchy in 168, sacked and destroyed Corinth in 146, received Pergamum by the bequest of Attalus III in 133, and made ... monarchs. An undisturbed tomb, perhaps that of Philip II himself, has provided grave goods in ivory, silver, and ...
... monarchy in 168, sacked and destroyed Corinth in 146, received Pergamum by the bequest of Attalus III in 133, and made ... monarchs. An undisturbed tomb, perhaps that of Philip II himself, has provided grave goods in ivory, silver, and ...
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... for living monarchs and their royal ancestors. Like other Hellenistic dynasties, the Seleucids promoted themselves in the popular imagination through stories of their divine ancestors and wondrous. HISTORY AND CULTURE 9.
... for living monarchs and their royal ancestors. Like other Hellenistic dynasties, the Seleucids promoted themselves in the popular imagination through stories of their divine ancestors and wondrous. HISTORY AND CULTURE 9.
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... monarch, and its diversity, Antioch was more like the cities of old Persia than earlier Greek poleis. Antiochus III ''the Great,'' son of Seleucus II, was one of the most successful of the Seleucid monarchs. He earned his epithet from ...
... monarch, and its diversity, Antioch was more like the cities of old Persia than earlier Greek poleis. Antiochus III ''the Great,'' son of Seleucus II, was one of the most successful of the Seleucid monarchs. He earned his epithet from ...
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... monarchs also sought to commemorate the heritage of Athenian literature in a Pergamene context. The dedicator, in setting up this gift for both Dionysus and one of the Attalids, surely expected the king to appreciate the artfulness of ...
... monarchs also sought to commemorate the heritage of Athenian literature in a Pergamene context. The dedicator, in setting up this gift for both Dionysus and one of the Attalids, surely expected the king to appreciate the artfulness of ...
Contents
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2 Aesthetics and Style | 26 |
3 Authors and Genres | 50 |
4 Topics in Hellenistic Literature | 168 |
Notes | 223 |
Chronological Tables | 228 |
Suggested Reading | 230 |
Bibliography | 239 |
Index | 251 |
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