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The Courts of Philip II and Alexander the Great - Monarchy and Power in Ancient Macedonia (Hardcover)
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The Courts of Philip II and Alexander the Great - Monarchy and Power in Ancient Macedonia (Hardcover)
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Recent scholarship has recognized that Philip II and Alexander the
Great adopted elements of their self-fashioning and court
ceremonial from previous empires in the Ancient Near East, but it
is generally assumed that the advent of the Macedonian court as a
locus of politics and culture occurred only in the post-Alexander
landscape of the Hellenistic Successors. This volume of
ground-breaking essays by leading scholars on Ancient Macedonia
goes beyond existing research questions to assess the profound
impact of Philip and Alexander on court culture throughout the
ages. The papers in this volume offer a thematic approach, focusing
upon key institutional, cultural, social, ideological, and
iconographical aspects of the reigns of Philip and Alexander. The
authors treat the Macedonian court not only as a historical
reality, but also as an object of fascination to contemporary
Greeks that ultimately became a topos in later reflections on the
lives and careers of Philip and Alexander. This collection of
papers provides a paradigm-shifting recognition of the seminal
roles of Philip and Alexander in the emergence of a new kind of
Macedonian kingship and court culture that was spectacularly
successful and transformative.
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