Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age - From Alexander to Cleopatra

Informationen zum Autor JAMES ALLAN EVANS is Professor Emeritus of Classical near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has published several works on ancient Greece and Rome, including The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power and The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire (Greenwood 2005). Klappentext The Hellenistic world, ushered into existance by Alexander the Great, took in a vast region, stretching from Iraq in the east to Sicily in the west. Within this area, society was multicultural but the dominant culture was Greek, developed from the culture of classical Greece, and carrying on the legacy of classical Greece in the visual arts, literature, science, technology, and daily life. Narrative chapters guide the reader though the vast conquered lands of Hellenistic Greece, exploring marriage customs; festivals, sports, and spectacles; symposia (drinking parties); the agricultural and urban components of the polis (city-state); food; drink; education; science; technology; and the legacy of the Hellenistic age in the modern world. Zusammenfassung Based on research! these resources offer an understanding of how people actually lived. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.Chronology:. The March of History in the Hellenistic Age. Introduction: The Conquests of Alexander 1. The Landscape of the Hellenistic World. The Geographical Background. 2. The Features of the Hellenistic City-State. 3. Dwelling Houses. 4. Clothing and Fashion. 5. Education. 6. Social Life. 7. City and Country Living. 8. Hellenistic Women. 9. Making a Living. 10. Eating and Drinking. 11. Sport and Spectacle 12. The Theater. 13. The Hellenistic Kingdoms. 14. Religion. 15. Science, Technology, and Medicine. 16. The Persisteance of Hellenistic Culture Appendix I: The Reigns of the Hellenistic Kings Glossary of Terms Bibliography ...

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• Authors: James Evans, James Allan Evans, James Allen Evans
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2008
• EAN: 9780313338120
• ISBN: 978-0-313-33812-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Daily Life; Daily Life Through History; Daily Life through History; Daily Life; The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Egypt, World History: Culture