Hellenism and the local communities of the Eastern Mediterranean : 400 BCE-250 CE /

"Hellenism and the Local Communities of the Eastern Mediterranean' offers a timely re-examination of the relationship between Greek and non-Greek cultures in this region between 400 BCE and 250 CE. The conquests of Alexander the Great and his Successors not only radically reshaped the poli...

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Corporate Authors: University of Exeter, Dialogue between Greece and the East
Other Authors: Chrubasik, Boris, 1983-, King, Daniel, 1983-
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Hellenism? an introduction / Boris Chrubasik and Daniel King
  • 2. The Greek impact in Asia Minor, 400-250 BCE / Stephen Mitchell
  • 3. Trajectories of Hellenism at Tadmor-Palmyra and Dura-Europos / Ted Kaizer
  • 4. The polis of Babylon: an historiographical approach / Philippe Clancier
  • 5. From pre-Makkabaean Judaea to Hekatomnid Karia and back again: the question of Hellenization / Boris Chrubasik
  • 6. Converging perspectives on Antiochos III / Johannes Haubold
  • 7. Greek and Egyptian associations in Egypt: fact or fiction? / Mario C. D. Paganini
  • 8. Text and wisdom in the Letter of Aristeas / Myrto Hatzimichali
  • 9. Medicine between cultures in the Hellenistic Fayum / Daniel King.