The Hellenistic Age
Essays on Post-Alexander Kingdoms, Greek Cultural Exchange, and the Ancient Mediterranean WorldBy J. B. Bury, E.A. Barber, Edwyn Bevan, W.W. Tarn
Length4h 25m
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The Hellenistic Age surveys the centuries in which Alexander's conquests transformed the eastern Mediterranean and Near East into a connected, contested world of kingdoms, cities, migrations, and cultural exchange. Combining political narrative with social, religious, and intellectual history, the volume moves from dynastic conflict and imperial administration to the circulation of Greek language, art, learning, and civic institutions. Its range reveals the Hellenistic world not as a mere interval between classical Greece and Rome, but as a creative and consequential historical formation. Its contributors—J. B. Bury, E. A. Barber, Edwyn Bevan, and W. W. Tarn—bring together major traditions of early twentieth-century classical and ancient-historical scholarship. Their differing emphases on institutions, cultural contacts, monarchies, and the wider eastern Mediterranean illuminate the era's complexity. Read collectively, these studies participate in the scholarly revaluation of Hellenism as a cosmopolitan field in which Greek and non-Greek communities reshaped one another. This volume is recommended for students and general readers seeking a substantive introduction to the Hellenistic world, as well as for readers interested in the history of its interpretation. It offers the rare opportunity to compare complementary perspectives within one book, tracing how politics, culture, and scholarship intersect. Its essays invite sustained reflection on empire, hybridity, and the enduring legacy of antiquity.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length4 hrs 25 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 14, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb (Annotated)
2The Hellenistic Age and the History of Civilization
3Alexandrian Literature
4Hellenistic Popular Philosophy
5The Social Question in the Third Century
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