Research Catalog

Title

Hellenism and the local communities of the Eastern Mediterranean : 400 BCE-250 CE / edited by Boris Chrubasik and Daniel King.

Publication

• Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Additional Authors

• Chrubasik, Boris, 1983-
• King, Daniel, 1983-
• University of Exeter.
• Dialogue between Greece and the East (2013 : University of Exeter)

Description

xvi, 232 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

"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 political landscape, but also significantly accelerated cultural change: in recent decades there has been an important historiographical emphasis on the study of the non-Greek cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean, but less focus on how Greek cultural elements became increasingly visible. Although the process of cross-cultural interaction differed greatly across Asia Minor, Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia, the same overarching questions apply: why did the non-Greek communities of the Eastern Mediterranean engage so closely with Greek cultural forms as well as political practices, and how did this engagement translate into their daily lives? In exploring the versatility and adaptability of Greek political structures, such as the polis, and the ways in which Greek and non-Greek cultures interacted in fields such as medicine, literature, and art, the essays in this volume aim to provide new insight into these questions. At the same time, they prompt a re-interrogation of the process of Hellenization, exploring whether it is still a useful concept for explaining and understanding the dynamics of cultural exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean of this period."--Back cover.

Subjects

• Mediterranean Region > History > To 476
• Hellenism

Note

• "This book has its origin at a conference on the Dialogue between Greece and the East at the University of Exeter in 2013."--Page v.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-227) and index.

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.

Call Number

JFD 17-6269

ISBN

• 9780198805663
• 0198805667

LCCN

2017934734

OCLC

981628268

Title

Hellenism and the local communities of the Eastern Mediterranean : 400 BCE-250 CE / edited by Boris Chrubasik and Daniel King.

Publisher

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-227) and index.

Added Author

Chrubasik, Boris, 1983-

King, Daniel, 1983-

University of Exeter.

Dialogue between Greece and the East (2013 : University of Exeter)

Research Call Number

JFD 17-6269