Research Catalog

Title

The Hellenistic Period : historical sources in translation / edited by Roger S. Bagnall and Peter Derow.

Publication

Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Bagnall, Roger S.
• Derow, Peter.

Description

xxix, 319 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"Thousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to form a direct impression of life in the Hellenistic world." "The book contains 175 documents capturing the political, social, economic and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities. It covers the entire Hellenistic world and draws extensively on the papyrus remains of the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, which allow an unequalled depth of insight into daily life at every level of society."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history ; 1

Uniform Title

Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history.

Subjects

• Mediterranean Region
• Greece
• Hellenism
• Mediterranean Region > History > To 476 > Sources
• Hellenism > Sources
• History
• Greece > History > 281-146 B.C > Sources
• To 476
• Greece > History > Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C > Sources
• Sources

Genre/Form

• History.
• Sources.

Note

• "Previous edition published as Greek historical documents: The Hellenistic period."
• First ed. published: Chico, Calif. : Published by Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature, ©1981. (Sources for Biblical study ; no. 16).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The texts: Political history: Alexander the Great (336-323) ; The successors of Alexander (323-276) ; The period of stability (276-221) ; The period of Roman intervention (221-189) ; The struggle for the survival of Hellenism (189-30) -- The foreign possessions of the Ptolemies -- Life in greek cities -- The bureaucracy of Ptolemaic Egypt -- The royal economy of Egypt -- The military and police of Ptolemaic Egypt -- The Ptolemaic legal and judicial system -- Social relations and private life -- Religion: Greek sanctuaries and cities ; Cults in Ptolemaic Egypt ; -- Appendix: Ptolemaic administration -- Tables and charts: Ptolemaic kings ; Seleucid kings to 96 BC ; Antigonid kings ; Attalid rulers ; Months ; Currency ; Glossary and index of Greek terms ; Concordance: inscriptions ; Concordance between editions ; Index of persons, places and subjects.

Call Number

JFF 16-1770

ISBN

• 1405101326
• 9781405101325
• 1405101334
• 9781405101332

LCCN

2002153416

OCLC

702179704

Title

The Hellenistic Period : historical sources in translation / edited by Roger S. Bagnall and Peter Derow.

Imprint

Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2004.

Edition

New ed., 2nd ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history ; 1

Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

To 476

Added Author

Bagnall, Roger S.

Derow, Peter.

Bagnall, Roger S. Greek historical documents.

Research Call Number

JFF 16-1770