Hellenistic Lives

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191641190

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Hellenistic Lives by Plutarch Pdf

Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * Flamininus This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire to the arrival of the Romans. Plutarch's biographies of eminent politicians, rulers, and soldiers combine vivid portraits of their subjects with a wealth of historical information; they constitute a uniquely important source for the period. We see how Greek politics changed as Macedon's power grew, and we learn of the warlords who followed Alexander. Resistance to Macedon is reflected in the Lives of Demosthenes and Aratus, and that of Agis and Cleomenes, two revolutionary kings of Sparta. The volume concludes with the emergence of Rome in Greek affairs, and the life of Flamininus, the Roman general who defeated Philip V of Macedon. Plutarch's elegant style combines anecdote and erudition, humour and psychological insight, consummately translated by Robin Waterfield and introduced by Andrew Erskine. These Lives from the Hellenistic period complement Greek Lives and Roman Lives in Oxford World's Classics. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199664337

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Hellenistic Lives by Plutarch Pdf

This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire to the arrival of the Romans. Plutarch's biographies of eminent politicians, rulers, and soldiers combine vivid portraits of their subjects with a wealth of historical information; they constitute a uniquely important source for the period

Author : Eve MacDonald
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300210156

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Hannibal by Eve MacDonald Pdf

The life of the great Carthaginian general who marched into Rome during the Second Punic War is reexamined in this revealing and scholarly biography. Once of the greatest military minds of the Ancient World, Hannibal Barca lived a life of daring and survival, massive battles, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into Rome’s own heartland to fight the Second Punic War. Yet the Romans were the ultimate victors. They eventually captured and destroyed Carthage, and thus it was they who wrote the legend of Hannibal: a brilliant and worthy enemy whose defeat represented military glory for Rome. In this groundbreaking biography, Eve MacDonald employs archaeological findings and documentary sources to expand the memory of Hannibal beyond his military career. Considering him in the context of his time and the Carthaginian culture that shaped him, MacDonald offers a complex portrait of a man from a prominent family who was both a military hero and a statesman. MacDonald also analyzes Hannibal’s legend over the millennia, exploring how statuary, Jacobean tragedy, opera, nineteenth-century fiction, and other depictions illuminate the character of one of the most fascinating figures in all of history.

Author : James Allan Stewart Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Greece
ISBN : 0806142553

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Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age by James Allan Stewart Evans Pdf

An exploration of the Hellenistic world in the aftermath of Alexander the Great.

Author : Sheila L. Ager,Riemer A. Faber
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442644229

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Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World by Sheila L. Ager,Riemer A. Faber Pdf

The Hellenistic period was a time of unprecedented cultural exchange. In the wake of Alexander's conquests, Greeks and Macedonians began to encounter new peoples, new ideas, and new ways of life; consequently, this era is generally considered to have been one of unmatched cosmopolitanism. For many individuals, however, the broadening of horizons brought with it an identity crisis and a sense of being adrift in a world that had undergone a radical structural change. Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World presents essays by leading international scholars who consider how the cosmopolitanism of the Hellenistic age also brought about tensions between individuals and communities, and between the small local community and the mega-community of oikoumene, or 'the inhabited earth.' With a range of social, artistic, economic, political, and literary perspectives, the contributors provide a lively exploration of the tensions and opportunities of life in the Hellenistic Mediterranean.

Author : Peter Thonemann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191063152

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The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Thonemann Pdf

The three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. This was an age of cultural globalization: in the third century BC, a single language carried you from the Rhône to the Indus. A Celt from the lower Danube could serve in the mercenary army of a Macedonian king ruling in Egypt, and a Greek philosopher from Cyprus could compare the religions of the Brahmins and the Jews on the basis of first-hand knowledge of both. Kings from Sicily to Tajikistan struggled to meet the challenges of ruling multi-ethnic states, and Greek city-states came together under the earliest federal governments known to history. The scientists of Ptolemaic Alexandria measured the circumference of the earth, while pioneering Greek argonauts explored the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic coast of Africa. Drawing on inscriptions, papyri, coinage, poetry, art, and archaeology, in this Very Short Introduction Peter Thonemann opens up the history and culture of the vast Hellenistic world, from the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the Roman conquest of the Ptolemaic kingdom (30 BC). ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : William Scott Ferguson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004865064

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Hellenistic Athens by William Scott Ferguson Pdf

Author : J. Rasmus Brandt,Erika Hagelberg,Gro Bjørnstad,Sven Ahrens
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785703621

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Life and Death in Asia Minor in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Times by J. Rasmus Brandt,Erika Hagelberg,Gro Bjørnstad,Sven Ahrens Pdf

Life and Death in Asia Minor combines contributions in both archaeology and bioarchaeology in Asia Minor in the period ca. 200 BC – AD 1300 for the first time. The archaeology topics are wide-ranging including death and territory, death and landscape perception, death and urban transformations from pagan to Christian topography, changing tomb typologies, funerary costs, family organization, funerary rights, rituals and practices among pagans, Jews, and Christians, inhumation and Early Byzantine cremations and use and reuse of tombs. The bioarchaeology chapters use DNA, isotope and osteological analyses to discuss, both among children and adults, questions such as demography and death rates, pathology and nutrition, body actions, genetics, osteobiography, and mobility patterns and diet. The areas covered in Asia Minor include the sites of Hierapolis, Laodikeia, Aphrodisias, Tlos, Ephesos, Priene, Kyme, Pergamon, Amorion, Gordion, Boğazkale, and Arslantepe. The theoretical and methodological approaches used make it highly relevant for people working in other geographical areas and time periods. Many of the articles could be used as case studies in teaching at schools and universities. An important objective of the publication has been to see how the different types of results emerging from archaeological and natural science studies respectively could be integrated with each other and pose new questions on ancient societies, which were far more complex than historical and social studies of the past often manage to transmit.

Author : Peter Thonemann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Civilization, Greco-Roman
ISBN : 9780198746041

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The Hellenistic Age by Peter Thonemann Pdf

First published in hardback as The Hellenistic Age 2016.

Author : Jerome Jordan Pollitt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1986-06-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521276721

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Art in the Hellenistic Age by Jerome Jordan Pollitt Pdf

This 1986 book is an interpretative history of Greek art during the Hellenistic period.

Author : Plutarch,
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199537389

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Roman Lives by Plutarch, Pdf

Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is also to educate and warn those in his own day who wielded power.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191605079

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Greek Lives by Plutarch Pdf

Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander `I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.' In the nine lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Greece. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is also implicitly to educate and warn those in his own day who wielded power. In prose that is rich, elegant and sprinkled with learned references, he explores with an extraordinary degree of insight the interplay of character and political action. While drawing chiefly on historical sources, he brings to biography a natural story-teller's ear for a good anecdote. Throughout the ages Plutarch's Lives have been valued for their historical value and their charm. This new translation will introduce new generations to his urbane erudition. The most comprehensive selection available, it is accompanied by a lucid introduction, explanatory notes, bibliographies, maps and indexes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : James Allen Evans
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313338120

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Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age by James Allen Evans Pdf

The Hellenistic world, ushered into existance by Alexander the Great, took in a vast region, stretching from Iraq in the east to Sicily in the west. Within this area, society was multicultural but the dominant culture was Greek, developed from the culture of classical Greece, and carrying on the legacy of classical Greece in the visual arts, literature, science, technology, and daily life. Narrative chapters guide the reader though the vast conquered lands of Hellenistic Greece, exploring marriage customs; festivals, sports, and spectacles; symposia (drinking parties); the agricultural and urban components of the polis (city-state); food; drink; education; science; technology; and the legacy of the Hellenistic age in the modern world.

Author : Andrew Erskine
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405154413

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A Companion to the Hellenistic World by Andrew Erskine Pdf

Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see. Comprises 29 original essays by leading international scholars. Essential reading for courses on Hellenistic history. Combines narrative and thematic approaches to the period. Draws on the very latest research. Covers a broad range of topics, spanning political, religious, social, economic and cultural history.

Author : John Pentland Mahaffy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Civilization, Greek
ISBN : UOM:39015026773880

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Greek Life and Thought by John Pentland Mahaffy Pdf