Greek Life and Thought from the Age of Alexander to the Roman Conquest (Paperback)

1887. Contents: The Immediate Effect of Alexander's Conquests on Social Life in Greece; The Revolution in Hellenic Life Made by Alexander's Ideas; The Diadochi as Executors of Alexander's Ideas; The Younger Generation of Diadochi and the Princesses of Their Day; Home Politics During the Wars of the Diadochi; The Relation of Art and Literature to the Social Life of the Period; The Serious Side of Greek Society-The Religion of the Day; The Golden Age of the Hellenistic World; Alexandria and Its Rivals; The Alexandria of Philadelphus, Antioch, etc.; The Literature of Alexandria Under the First and Second Ptolemies; Alexandrian Literature; The City Life of the Third Century B.C. and Its Effects Upon the Civilisation of the Age; Pergamum and Its Position in the Hellenistic World; The Mercantile Aspects of Hellenism, Leagues and Federations, Arbitration, Public Credit; The Greece of Aratus; The Inner Life of the Period; The Crisis of Hellenism; The Gradual Subjection of Hellenism to Rome-The Crisis in Greece and the Settlement of Asia Minor; Decaying Hellenism in Syria-Its Collision with Judaism; Decaying Hellenism in Egypt; Polybius and His Age; and The Importation of Hellenism to Rome.

General

Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	September 2010
Authors:	J.P Mahaffy
Dimensions:	152 x 229 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	638
ISBN-13:	978-1-162-73005-9
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-162-73005-6
Barcode:	9781162730059

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