Hellenistic oratory: continuity and change
Hellenistic oratory remains an elusive subject as not one Greek speech has survived from the end of the fourth century BC until the beginning of the first century AD. This collection of fourteen interdisciplinary essays offers a wide-ranging study of the different ways in which …
Before and After Alexander is an invaluable addition to our understanding of this historic figure's legacy, as Billows challenges the myth of Alexander the Great as a pioneer and visionary. He argues that the real credit lies with Philip II and the generals who came after Alexan…
The ancient world that Alexander the Great transformed in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death. The imperial dynasties of his successors incorporated and reorganized the fallen Persian empire, creating a new land empire stretching from the shores of the Mediterran…
Belonging and isolation in the Hellenistic world
by Faber, Riemer A., Ager, Sheila Louise
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This book studies Agathokles of Syracuse, who ruled Sicily in the period after Alexander the Great and was an important player in the Mediterranean world at a key moment in its history. It places him in the context of both the earlier history of Sicily, and the developments in t…
« La période hellénistique commence avec l'expansion considérable du monde grec lors de la conquête de l'Empire perse par Alexandre le Grand : ses frontières s'étendent désormais jusqu'à l'Egypte et aux contreforts de l'Himalaya, et elle s'achève lorsque Rome s'empare de l'Orien…
