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Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires

Author : Strootman Rolf Strootman
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748691286
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Book Synopsis Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires by : Strootman Rolf Strootman

Download or read book Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires written by Strootman Rolf Strootman and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rolf Strootman brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. During the Hellenistic Period (c. 330-30 BCE), Alexander the Great and his successors reshaped their Persian and Greco-Macedonian legacies to create a new kind of rulership that was neither 'western' nor 'eastern' and would profoundly influence the later development of court culture and monarchy in both the Roman West and Iranian East.Drawing on the socio-political models of Norbert Elias and Charles Tilly, After the Achaemenids shows how the Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in the integration of local elites in the empires, and the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status. It analyses the competition among courtiers for royal favour and the, not always successful, attempts of the Hellenistic rulers to use these struggles to their own advantage.It demonstrates the interrelationships of the three competing 'Hellenistic' empires of the Seleukids, Antigonids and Ptolemies, casts new light on the phenomenon of Hellenistic Kingship by approaching it from the angle of the court and covers topics such as palace architecture, royal women, court ceremonial, and coronation ritual.

The Hellenistic Court

Author : Andrew Erskine
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
ISBN 13 : 1910589675
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Hellenistic Court written by Andrew Erskine and published by Classical Press of Wales. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hellenistic courts were centres of monarchic power, social prestige and high culture in the kingdoms that emerged after the death of Alexander. They were places of refinement, learning and luxury, and also of corruption, rivalry and murder. Surrounded by courtiers of varying loyalty, Hellenistic royal families played roles in a theatre of spectacle and ceremony. Architecture, art, ritual and scholarship were deployed to defend the existence of their dynasties. The present volume, from a team of international experts, examines royal methods and ideologies. It treats the courts of the Ptolemies, Seleucids, Attalids, Antigonids and of lesser dynasties. It also explores the influence, on Greek-speaking courts, of non- Greek culture, of Achaemenid and other Near Eastern royal institutions. It studies the careers of courtesans, concubines and 'friends' of royalty, and the intellectual, ceremonial, and artistic world of the Greek monarchies. The work demonstrates the complexity and motivations of Hellenistic royal civilisation, of courts which governed the transmission of Greek culture to the wider Mediterranean world - and to later ages.

Polis Expansion and Elite Power in Hellenistic Karia

Author : Jeremy LaBuff
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498514006
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Book Synopsis Polis Expansion and Elite Power in Hellenistic Karia by : Jeremy LaBuff

Download or read book Polis Expansion and Elite Power in Hellenistic Karia written by Jeremy LaBuff and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polis Expansion and Elite Power in Hellenistic Karia rewrites the history of the region, which has traditionally been seen as dominated by empires and home to communities whose claims of freedom and democracy were a sham. With a detailed study of epigraphical, literary, and archaeological evidence, this study reveals a high level of local agency, as communities sought to shape their own destiny at moments of imperial weakness or withdrawal. Not everyone in these communities benefited equally from these mergers. Elites in particular reaped unique gains that provided them with access to well-connected cities or to regionally important sanctuaries, both of which represented important avenues for self-advertisement and status acquisition. Although these benefits suggest the ability of the wealthy to influence decisions that impacted entire communities, such influence did not spell the decline and fall of democracy for these city-states. Rather, they illustrated the complex power relationships that defined the practice of democracy as it continued to evolve alongside the momentous rise and fall of Hellenistic empires, until the ascendancy of Rome curtailed popular government in the region permanently. This study furthers our understanding of the political landscape of Karia, the balance of power within the Hellenistic polis, the impact of interstate relations on local politics, and political and social identity within ancient democratic states.

Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period

Author : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351797441
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Book Synopsis Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period by : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Download or read book Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period written by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period is a cutting-edge exploration of ancient queenship and the significance of family politics in the dysfunctional dynasties of the late Hellenistic world. This volume, the first full-length study of Kleopatra III and Kleopatra Thea and their careers as queens of Egypt and Syria, thoroughly examines the roles and ideology of royal daughters, wives, and queens in Egypt, the ancient Near East, and ancient Israel and provides a comprehensive study of the iconography, public image, and titles of each queen and their cultural precedents. In addition, this book also offers an introduction to the critical concept of the ‘High Hellenistic Period’ and the maturation of royal female power in the second century BCE. Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period is suitable for students and scholars in ancient history, Egyptology, classics, and gender studies, as well as the general reader interested in ancient queenship, ancient Egypt, the Hellenistic world, and gender in antiquity.

Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South

Author : Dominique Krüger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110798093
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South by : Dominique Krüger

Download or read book Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South written by Dominique Krüger and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nucleus of society is situated at the local level: in the village, the neighborhood, the city district. This is where a community first develops collective rules that are intended to ensure its continued existence. The contributors look at such configurations in geographical areas and time periods that lie outside of the modern Western world with its particular development of society and statehood: in Antiquity and in the Global South of the present. Here states tend to be weak, with obvious challenges and opportunities for local communities. How does governance in this context work? Scholars from various disciplines (Classics, Theology, Political Science, Sociology, Social Anthropology, Human Geography, Sinology) analyze different kinds of local arrangements in case studies, and they do so with a comparative approach. The sixteen papers examine the scope and spatial contingency of forms of self-governance; its legitimization and the collective identity of the groups behind them; the relations to different levels of state governance as well as to other local groups. Overall, this volume makes an interdisciplinary contribution to a better understanding of fundamental elements of local governance and statehood.

Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires

Author : Christelle Fischer-Bovet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108479251
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires by : Christelle Fischer-Bovet

Download or read book Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires written by Christelle Fischer-Bovet and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First comparative analysis of the role of local elites and populations in the formation of the two main Hellenistic empires.

Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires

Author : Jeroen Duindam
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004206221
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires by : Jeroen Duindam

Download or read book Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires written by Jeroen Duindam and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents new research on royal courts from antiquity to the modern world, from Asia to Europe. It addresses the interactions of rulers and and elites at court, as well as the multiple connections between court, capital, and realm.

The Seleukid Empire 281-222 BC

Author : Kyle Erickson
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
ISBN 13 : 1910589950
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis The Seleukid Empire 281-222 BC by : Kyle Erickson

Download or read book The Seleukid Empire 281-222 BC written by Kyle Erickson and published by Classical Press of Wales. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seleukids, the easternmost of the Greek-speaking dynasties which succeeded Alexander the Great, were long portrayed by historians as inherently weak and doomed to decline after the death of their remarkable first king, Seleukos (281 BC). And yet they succeeded in ruling much of the Near and Middle East for over two centuries, overcoming problems of a multi-ethnic empire. In this book an international team of young, established scholars argues that in the decades after Seleukos the empire developed flexible structures that successfully bound it together in the face of a series of catastrophes. The strength of the Seleukid realm lay not simply in its vast swathes of territory, but rather in knowing how to tie the new, frequently non-Greek, nobility to the king through mutual recognition of sovereignty.

Affective Relations and Personal Bonds in Hellenistic Antiquity

Author : Monica D'Agostini
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789255015
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Book Synopsis Affective Relations and Personal Bonds in Hellenistic Antiquity by : Monica D'Agostini

Download or read book Affective Relations and Personal Bonds in Hellenistic Antiquity written by Monica D'Agostini and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intense bonds among the king and his family, friends, lovers, and entourage are the most enticing and intriguing aspects of Alexander the Great’s life. The affective ties of the protagonists of Alexander’s Empire nurtured the interest of the ancient authors, as well as the audience, in the personal life of the most famous men and women of the time. These relations echoed through time in art and literature, to become paradigm of positive or negative, human behavior. By rejecting the perception of the Macedonian monarchy as a positivist king-army based system, and by looking for other political and social structures Elizabeth Carney has played a crucial role in prompting the current re-appraisal of the Macedonian monarchy. Her volumes on Women and Monarchy in Ancient Macedonia (University of Oklahoma Press, 2000), Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great (Routledge, 2006), Arsinoë of Egypt and Macedon: A Royal Life (Oxford University Press, 2013) have been game-changers in the field and has offered the academic world a completely new perspective on the network of relationships surrounding the exercise of power. By examining Macedonian and Hellenistic dynastic behavior and relations, she has shown the political yet tragic, heroic thus human side, thus connecting Hellenistic political and social history. Building on the methodological approach and theoretical framework engendered by Elizabeth Carney’s research, this book explores the complex web of personal relations, inside and outside the oikos (family), governing Alexander’s world, which sits at the core of the inquiry into the human side of the events shedding light light on the personal dimension of history. Inspired by Carney’s seminal work on Ancient Macedonia, the volume moves beyond the traditionally rationalist and positivist approaches towards Hellenistic antiquity, into a new area of humanistic scholarship, by considering the dynastic bloodlines as well as the affective relations. The volume offers a discussion of the intra and extra familial network ruling the Mediterranean world at the time of Philip and Alexander. Building on present scholarship on relations and values in Hellenistic Monarchies, the book contributes to a deeper historical understanding of the mutual dialogue between the socio-cultural and political approaches to Hellenistic history.

Benefactors and the Polis

Author : Marc Domingo Gygax
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108901255
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Benefactors and the Polis written by Marc Domingo Gygax and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians generally study elite public gift-giving in ancient Greek cities as a phenomenon that gained prominence only in the Hellenistic and Roman imperial periods. The contributors to this volume challenge this perspective by offering analyses of various manifestations of elite public giving in the Greek cities from Homeric times until Late Antiquity, highlighting this as a structural feature of polis society from its origins in the early Archaic age to the world of the Christian Greek city in the early Byzantine period. They discuss existing interpretations, offer novel ideas and arguments, and stress continuities and changes over time. Bracketed by a substantial Introduction and Conclusion, the volume is accessible both to ancient historians and to scholars studying gift-giving in other times and places.

The Courts of Philip II and Alexander the Great

Author : Frances Pownall
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110622947
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Courts of Philip II and Alexander the Great written by Frances Pownall and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-01-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent scholarship has recognized that Philip II and Alexander the Great adopted elements of their self-fashioning and court ceremonial from previous empires in the Ancient Near East, but it is generally assumed that the advent of the Macedonian court as a locus of politics and culture occurred only in the post-Alexander landscape of the Hellenistic Successors. This volume of ground-breaking essays by leading scholars on Ancient Macedonia goes beyond existing research questions to assess the profound impact of Philip and Alexander on court culture throughout the ages. The papers in this volume offer a thematic approach, focusing upon key institutional, cultural, social, ideological, and iconographical aspects of the reigns of Philip and Alexander. The authors treat the Macedonian court not only as a historical reality, but also as an object of fascination to contemporary Greeks that ultimately became a topos in later reflections on the lives and careers of Philip and Alexander. This collection of papers provides a paradigm-shifting recognition of the seminal roles of Philip and Alexander in the emergence of a new kind of Macedonian kingship and court culture that was spectacularly successful and transformative.

The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World

Author : Rachel Mairs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351610287
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World written by Rachel Mairs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a thorough conspectus of the field of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek studies, mixing theoretical and historical surveys with critical and thought-provoking case studies in archaeology, history, literature and art. The chapters from this international group of experts showcase innovative methodologies, such as archaeological GIS, as well as providing accessible explanations of specialist techniques such as die studies of coins, and important theoretical perspectives, including postcolonial approaches to the Greeks in India. Chapters cover the region’s archaeology, written and numismatic sources, and a history of scholarship of the subject, as well as culture, identity and interactions with neighbouring empires, including India and China. The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World is the go-to reference work on the field, and fulfils a serious need for an accessible, but also thorough and critically-informed, volume on the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms. It provides an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the Hellenistic East.

The Roman Imperial Court in the Principate and Late Antiquity

Author : Caillan Davenport
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192865234
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book The Roman Imperial Court in the Principate and Late Antiquity written by Caillan Davenport and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman Imperial Court in the Principate and Late Antiquity examines the Roman imperial court as a social and political institution in both the Principate and Late Antiquity. By analysing these two periods, which are usually treated separately in studies of the Roman court, it considers continuities, changes, and connections in the six hundred years between the reigns of Augustus and Justinian. Thirteen case studies are presented. Some take a thematic approach, analysing specific aspects such as the appointment of jurists, the role of guard units, or stories told about the court, over several centuries. Others concentrate on specific periods, individuals, or office holders, like the role of women and generals in the fifth century AD, while paying attention to their wider historical significance. The volume concludes with a chapter placing the evolution of the Roman imperial court in comparative perspective using insights from scholarship on other Eurasian monarchical courts. It shows that the long-term transformation of the Roman imperial court did not follow a straightforward and linear course, but came about as the result of negotiation, experimentation, and adaptation.

Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy in the Hellenistic World

Author : Riemer A. Faber
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487505221
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy in the Hellenistic World written by Riemer A. Faber and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the roots of modern notions of celebrity, fame, and infamy back to the Hellenistic period of classical antiquity, when sensational personages like Cleopatra of Egypt and Alexander the Great became famous world-wide.

Jewelry

Author : Melanie Holcomb
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588396509
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Jewelry written by Melanie Holcomb and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} As an art form, jewelry is defined primarily through its connection to and interaction with the body—extending it, amplifying it, accentuating it, distorting it, concealing it, or transforming it. Addressing six different modes of the body—Adorned, Divine, Regal, Transcendent, Alluring, and Resplendent—this artfully designed catalogue illustrates how these various definitions of the body give meaning to the jewelry that adorns and enhances it. Essays on topics spanning a wide range of times and cultures establish how jewelry was used as a symbol of power, status, and identity, from earflares of warrior heroes in Pre-Colombian Peru to bowknot earrings designed by Yves Saint-Laurent. These most intimate works of art provide insight into the wearers, but also into the cultures that produced them. More than 200 jewels and ornaments, alongside paintings and sculptures of bejeweled bodies, demonstrate the social, political, and aesthetic role of jewelry from ancient times to the present. Gorgeous new illustrations of Bronze Age spirals, Egyptian broad collars, Hellenistic gold armbands, Japanese courtesan hair adornments, jewels from Mughal India, and many, many more explore the various facets of jewelry and its relationship to the human body over 5,000 years of world history.

Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism

Author : Annette Yoshiko Reed
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052111943X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)

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Book Synopsis Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism by : Annette Yoshiko Reed

Download or read book Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism written by Annette Yoshiko Reed and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new explanation of the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology, drawing on non-canonical writings and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls.

New Perspectives in Seleucid History, Archaeology and Numismatics

Author : Roland Oetjen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110283840
Total Pages : 831 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis New Perspectives in Seleucid History, Archaeology and Numismatics by : Roland Oetjen

Download or read book New Perspectives in Seleucid History, Archaeology and Numismatics written by Roland Oetjen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dedicated to Getzel M. Cohen, a leading expert in Seleucid history, this volume gathers 45 contributions on Seleucid history, archaeology, numismatics, political relations, policy toward the Jews, Greek cities, non-Greek populations, peripheral and neighboring regions, imperial administration, economy and public finances, and ancient descriptions of the Seleucid Empire. The reader will gain an international perspective on current research.