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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Kathryn Gutzwiller. brilliance was the third century and the earlier part of the second (map 0.1). The principal story of later Hellenistic history is the growing dominance of Rome. To name only key events, the Romans abolished the ...
Kathryn Gutzwiller. brilliance was the third century and the earlier part of the second (map 0.1). The principal story of later Hellenistic history is the growing dominance of Rome. To name only key events, the Romans abolished the ...
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... second century. But when Mithradates VI of Pontus (ruled 120–63) attempted to drive the Romans from Asia Minor and Greece, Athens eagerly joined the revolt. In 87–86 the Roman general Sulla besieged and sacked the city. Other Greek ...
... second century. But when Mithradates VI of Pontus (ruled 120–63) attempted to drive the Romans from Asia Minor and Greece, Athens eagerly joined the revolt. In 87–86 the Roman general Sulla besieged and sacked the city. Other Greek ...
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... century, its initial purpose in protecting the Peloponnese against Macedon, and its conflict with a resurgent Sparta. In the second half of the third century, two Spartan kings (a constitutional office of long standing in Sparta), Agis ...
... century, its initial purpose in protecting the Peloponnese against Macedon, and its conflict with a resurgent Sparta. In the second half of the third century, two Spartan kings (a constitutional office of long standing in Sparta), Agis ...
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... century also witnessed the formation of the Parthian state, which in the second century expanded westward to occupy Mesopotamia. Southern Syria and Palestine were disputed with the Ptolemies and not under Seleucid control during much of ...
... century also witnessed the formation of the Parthian state, which in the second century expanded westward to occupy Mesopotamia. Southern Syria and Palestine were disputed with the Ptolemies and not under Seleucid control during much of ...
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... century. In 166 Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ruled 175–164) chose the city as the ... century BC Cicero could describe Antioch, the home of the poet Archias, as ''a ... second son, Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ruled 175–164), a former political ...
... century. In 166 Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ruled 175–164) chose the city as the ... century BC Cicero could describe Antioch, the home of the poet Archias, as ''a ... second son, Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ruled 175–164), a former political ...
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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