03171cam a2200373 a 4500 5181 5181 13332042 OCoLC 20181221200419.0 860228s1990 cauab b s001 0 eng 86004339 0520056116 (alk. paper) 9780520056114 (alk. paper) 9780520083493 (pbk.) 0520083490 (pbk.) DLC eng DLC TBS BUR VP@ BAKER BTCTA LVB YDXCP CPE RPY GEBAY TJC ZWZ DEBBG UKMGB HNW GBVCP OCLCO OCLCF mm----- e-gr--- DE86 .G738 1990 938 G795A Green, Peter, 1924- Alexander to Actium : the historical evolution of the Hellenistic age / Peter Green. Berkeley : University of California Press, c1990. xxiii, 970 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Hellenistic culture and society ; 1 "A Centennial book"--P. before ser. t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 909-928) and index. Alexander's funeral games, 323-276 B.C. -- The zenith century, 276-222 B.C. -- Phalanx and legion, 221-168 B.C. -- The breaking of nations, 167-116 B.C. -- Rome triumphant, 116-30 B.C. The Hellenistic Age, the three extraordinary centuries from the death of Alexander in 323 B. C. to Octavian's final defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, has offered a rich and variegated field of exploration for historians, philosophers, economists, and literary critics. Yet few scholars have attempted the daunting task of seeing the period whole, of refracting its achievements and reception through the lens of a single critical mind. Alexander to Actium was conceived and written to fill that gap. In this monumental work, Peter Green--noted scholar, writer, and critic--breaks with the traditional practice of dividing the Hellenistic world into discrete, repetitious studies of Seleucids, Ptolemies, Antigonids, and Attalids. He instead treats these successor kingdoms as a single, evolving, interrelated continuum. The result clarifies the political picture as never before. With the help of over 200 illustrations, Green surveys every significant aspect of Hellenistic cultural development, from mathematics to medicine, from philosophy to religion, from literature to the visual arts. Green offers a particularly trenchant analysis of what has been seen as the conscious dissemination in the East of Hellenistic culture, and finds it largely a myth fueled by Victorian scholars seeking justification for a no longer morally respectable imperialism. His work leaves us with a final impression of the Hellenistic Age as a world with haunting and disturbing resemblances to our own. This lively, personal survey of a period as colorful as it is complex will fascinate the general reader no less than students and scholars. Hellenism. Mediterranean Region History To 476. Greece History Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C. Greece History 281-146 B.C. Hellenistic culture and society ; 1. ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC HMC HMC GEN 2018-12-21 5840.00 0 938 G795A 005930 2018-12-21 00:00:00 2018-12-21 BK