The Greek World After Alexander 323–30 BC

The Greek World After Alexander 323-30 BC examines social changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new post-Alexandrian kingdoms.

An appraisal of the momentous military and political changes after the era of Alexander, this book considers developments in literature, religion, philosophy, and science, and establishes how far they are presented as radical departures from the culture of Classical Greece or were continuous developments from it.

Graham Shipley explores the culture of the Hellenistic world in the context of the social divisions between an educated elite and a general population at once more mobile and less involved in the political life of the Greek city.

List of contents

1 Approaches and sources 2 Alexander and his successors to 276 BC 3 Kings and cities 4 Macedonia and Greece, 5 Religion and philosophy 6 Ptolemaic Egypt 7 Literature and social identity 8 The Seleukid kingdom and Pergamon 9 Understanding the cosmos: Greek 'science' after Aristotle, 10 Rome and Greece

About the author

Graham Shipley, Leicester University

Summary

Considering developments in literature, religion, philosophy, and science, The Greek World After Alexander examines social changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new post-Alexandrian kingdoms.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Shipley, Shipley Graham
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.1999
• EAN: 9780415046176
• ISBN: 978-0-415-04617-6
• No. of pages: 600
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 39 mm
• Weight: 1156 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE