LEADER 04513cam a2200625Ii 4500001 99125486459706421 005 20230422032017.0 006 m o d | 007 cr -n--------- 008 180706s2000 enka ob 001 0deng d 020 1-134-06538-8 020 0-203-52308-3 020 1-134-06531-0 024 7 10.4324/9780203523087 |2doi 035 (CKB)2670000000545186 035 (EBL)1656108 035 (SSID)ssj0001132279 035 (PQKBManifestationID)12442929 035 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132279 035 (PQKBWorkID)11146649 035 (PQKB)11292965 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC1656108 035 (OCoLC)897444714 035 (EXLCZ)992670000000545186 040 MiAaPQ |beng |erda |epn |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 041 eng 043 e-gr---mm----- 050 4 DF235 |b.S54 2014 082 938/.08 100 1 Shipley, Graham., |eauthor. 245 14 The Greek world after Alexander, 323-30 B.C. / |cGraham Shipley. 264 1 London ;New York : |bRoutledge, |c2000. 300 1 online resource (601 p.) 336 text |btxt 337 computer |bc 338 online resource |bcr 490 1 Routledge History of the Ancient World 500 Description based upon print version of record. 505 0 Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Greek names and dates; Note on extracts; List of abbreviations; List of dates; 1 Approaches and sources; The period and its problems; The literary sources; Non-literary sources; Conclusion; 2 Alexander and his successors to 276 BC; The fourth century and after; The Successors; The Gauls; Armies and emigration; 3 Kings and cities; Representations of kingship; The negotiation of power; Civic society and socio-economic change; Beyond the polis?; 4 Macedonia and Greece 505 8 Macedonia to 276 BCGreece under Macedonian domination; The Spartan 'revolutions' and their aftermath; Athens and Macedonian after 239 BC; The limits of Macedonian power; 5 Religion and philosophy; Religious change; Rival philosophies and common ground; World-views and society; 6 Ptolemaic Egypt; Land and people; Evidence; The Ptolemaic dynasty; Greeks and Macedonians in Egypt; Economic administration; The results of Ptolemaic rule; 7 Literature and social identity; Writers in society; Sites of production; Tradition and innovation; Different audiences?; The public and the personal; The 'Other' 505 8 Historiography and the communityConclusion; 8 The Seleukid kingdom and Pergamon; Land and resources; Crises and continuities in Seleukid power, 312-164 BC; Methods of control; The Attalid dynasty (283-133 BC); Seleukid decline; 9 Understanding the cosmos: Greek 'science' after Aristotle; Greek thinkers in their society; Engineering, mechanics, and physics; Understanding life-forms; Mathematical speculation; Exploration, empires, and economies; Conclusion; 10 Rome and Greece; Rome in the third century; Rome's wars against Macedonia and Syria; Mithradates; The culmination of Roman hegemony 505 8 Appendix I: Dynastic chronologiesAppendix II: Genealogical tables; Further reading; Notes; Bibliography; Index of sources; General index 520 The Greek World After Alexander 323-30 BC examines social changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new post-Alexandrian kingdoms. An appraisal of the momentous military and political changes after the era of Alexander, this book considers developments in literature, religion, philosophy, and science, and establishes how far they are presented as radical departures from the culture of Classical Greece or were continuous developments from it. Graham Shipley explores the culture of the Hellenistic world in the context of the social divisions betwee 546 English 504 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 588 Description based on print version record. 600 00 Alexander, |cthe Great, |d356 B.C.-323 B.C. |xInfluence. 650 0 Hellenism |xHistoriography. 651 0 Greece |xHistory |yTo 146 B.C. |xHistoriography. 651 0 Greece |xHistory |yMacedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C. |xHistoriography. 651 0 Rome |xHistory |yRepublic, 265-30 B.C. |xHistoriography. 651 0 Mediterranean Region |xCivilization |xGreek influences. 776 |z0-415-04618-1 776 |z0-415-04617-3 830 0 Routledge history of the ancient world. 906 BOOK