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050	0	0	_aDE86 _b.G738 1990
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100	1		_aGreen, Peter, _d1924-
245	1	0	_aAlexander to Actium : _bthe historical evolution of the Hellenistic age / _cPeter Green.
260			_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _cc1990.
300			_axxiii, 970 p. : _bill., maps ; _c26 cm.
490	1		_aHellenistic culture and society ; _v1
500			_a"A Centennial book"--P. before ser. t.p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 909-928) and index.
505	0		_aAlexander's funeral games, 323-276 B.C. -- The zenith century, 276-222 B.C. -- Phalanx and legion, 221-168 B.C. -- The breaking of nations, 167-116 B.C. -- Rome triumphant, 116-30 B.C.
520			_aThe Hellenistic Age, the three extraordinary centuries from the death of Alexander in 323 B. C. to Octavian's final defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, has offered a rich and variegated field of exploration for historians, philosophers, economists, and literary critics. Yet few scholars have attempted the daunting task of seeing the period whole, of refracting its achievements and reception through the lens of a single critical mind. Alexander to Actium was conceived and written to fill that gap. In this monumental work, Peter Green--noted scholar, writer, and critic--breaks with the traditional practice of dividing the Hellenistic world into discrete, repetitious studies of Seleucids, Ptolemies, Antigonids, and Attalids. He instead treats these successor kingdoms as a single, evolving, interrelated continuum. The result clarifies the political picture as never before. With the help of over 200 illustrations, Green surveys every significant aspect of Hellenistic cultural development, from mathematics to medicine, from philosophy to religion, from literature to the visual arts. Green offers a particularly trenchant analysis of what has been seen as the conscious dissemination in the East of Hellenistic culture, and finds it largely a myth fueled by Victorian scholars seeking justification for a no longer morally respectable imperialism. His work leaves us with a final impression of the Hellenistic Age as a world with haunting and disturbing resemblances to our own. This lively, personal survey of a period as colorful as it is complex will fascinate the general reader no less than students and scholars.
650		0	_aHellenism.
651		0	_aMediterranean Region _xHistory _yTo 476.
651		0	_aGreece _xHistory _yMacedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.
651		0	_aGreece _xHistory _y281-146 B.C.
830		0	_aHellenistic culture and society ; _v1.
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