HELLENISTIC ART: FROM ALEXANDER THE GREAT TO AUGUSTUS

This chapter looks at how Alexander the Great was remembered by democratic regimes in both Athens and Asia Minor in the early Hellenistic period. It argues that while Alexander’s r...

Nicolaus of Damascus, the chief minister of Herod the Great, was an exact contemporary of the first Roman emperor Augustus; he spent considerable time in Roman society and knew Aug...

This chapter introduces the main themes and questions of the volume. It discusses the complex processes through which Hellenistic Greeks engaged with Classical Athenian political m...

Abstract This work examines a test case for the relationship between the polis and the Hellenistic empire focusing specifically on the interaction between Antioch...

The Hellenistic world, ushered into existance by Alexander the Great, took in a vast region, stretching from Iraq in the east to Sicily in the west. Within this area, society was m...

This chapter argues that, although Grattius’ poem is not ostensibly designed for Augustus—who is nowhere evoked in the poem and showed little interest in the subject of hunting—it ...

Abstract The Phoenicians have long been known for their trading, colonizing, and seafaring skills, but their history has too often seemed to stop short at the tim...

Political and literary considerations alike suggest that the Alexandra dates from about 190 BC and that its closing sections celebrate the victory of the Roman consul Titus Quincti...