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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... third century BC political stability, coupled with unprecedented wealth for Greek rulers from the vast material resources of their kingdoms, produced a remarkable period of innovative literary activity. Although Athens remained the ...
... third century BC political stability, coupled with unprecedented wealth for Greek rulers from the vast material resources of their kingdoms, produced a remarkable period of innovative literary activity. Although Athens remained the ...
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... third century, three of Alexander's commanders had proved successful in establishing for their heirs kingdoms with ... third century, was that of the Attalids at Pergamum, a city of Mysia in western Asia Minor. For all these kingdoms the ...
... third century, three of Alexander's commanders had proved successful in establishing for their heirs kingdoms with ... third century, was that of the Attalids at Pergamum, a city of Mysia in western Asia Minor. For all these kingdoms the ...
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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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Kathryn Gutzwiller. the Macedonian sphere of influence throughout the third century. The garrison at the Piraeus was one of the four ''fetters of Greece'' upon which Macedonian naval power depended. In addition, Demetrius Poliorcetes ...
Kathryn Gutzwiller. the Macedonian sphere of influence throughout the third century. The garrison at the Piraeus was one of the four ''fetters of Greece'' upon which Macedonian naval power depended. In addition, Demetrius Poliorcetes ...
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... third 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) ...
... third 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) ...
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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