The Hellenistic Period : historical sources in translation /
"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 H...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
| Published: |
Oxford ; Malden, MA :
Blackwell,
2004.
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| Edition: | New ed. |
| Series: | Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history ;
1. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Previous edition published as Greek historical documents: The Hellenistic period."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). |
| Physical Description: | xxix, 319 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1405101326 9781405101325 1405101334 9781405101332 |