Research Catalog

Title

In the shadow of Olympus : the emergence of Macedon / Eugene N. Borza.

Author

Borza, Eugene N.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1992], c1990.

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Details

Description

xvii, 347 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

In tracing the emergence of the Macedonian kingdom from its origins as a Balkan backwater to a major European and Asian power, Eugene Borza offers to specialists and lay readers alike a revealing account of a relatively unexplored segment of ancient history. He draws from recent archaeological discoveries and an enhanced understanding of historical geography to form a narrative that provides a material-culture setting for political events. Examining the dynamics of Macedonian relations with the Greek city-states, he suggests that the Macedonians, although they gradually incorporated aspects of Greek culture into their own society, maintained a distinct ethnicity as a Balkan people. "Borza has taken the trouble to know Macedonia: the land, its prehistory, its position in the Balkans, and its turbulent modern history. All contribute...to our understanding of the emergence of Macedon.... Borza has employed two of the historian's most valuable tools, autopsy and common sense, to produce a well-balanced introduction to the state that altered the course of Greek and Near Eastern history.

Series Statement

Princeton paperbacks

Subjects

• Geschichte Anfänge-310 v. Chr
• To 168 B.C
• History
• Macedonia > History > To 168 B.C

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-331) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Toward a history of ancient Macedonia -- The land of Macedonia -- Prehistoric Macedonia -- Who were the Macedonians? -- Alexander I -- Perdiccas II -- Archelaus -- The house of Amyntas III -- " ... The greatest of the kings in Europe ... " -- Political institutions in the age of Philip and Alexander -- Material culture in the age of Philip and Alexander -- The emergence of Macedon.

ISBN

• 0691008809 (pbk.) :
• 0691055491 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^92007973^

OCLC

• 25412410
• SCSB-10650973

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library