A Companion to the Hellenistic World

Copyright © 2003 2005 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to the Hellenistic World

Editor(s): Andrew Erskine

Published Online: 30 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631225379

Online ISBN: 9780470996584

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996584

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Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see.


  • Comprises 29 original essays by leading international scholars.
  • Essential reading for courses on Hellenistic history.
  • Combines narrative and thematic approaches to the period.
  • Draws on the very latest research.
  • Covers a broad range of topics, spanning political, religious, social, economic and cultural history.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xxviii)

    1. Chapter 1

      Approaching the Hellenistic (pages 1–15)

      Andrew Erskine

  3. Part I: Narratives

    1. Chapter 2

      After Alexander: The Emergence of the Hellenistic World, 323–281 (pages 17–34)

      David Braund

    2. Chapter 3

      An Uneasy Balance: From the Death of Seleukos to the Battle of Raphia (pages 35–50)

      Sheila L. Ager

    3. Chapter 4

      The Arrival of Rome: From the Illyrian Wars to the Fall of Macedon (pages 51–70)

      Peter Derow

    4. Chapter 5

      Subjection and Resistance: To the Death of Mithradates (pages 71–89)

      Brian McGing

    5. Chapter 6

      A Roman East: Pompey's Settlement to the Death of Augustus (pages 90–102)

      Claude Eilers

  4. Part II: Protagonists

    1. Chapter 7

      The Ptolemies and Egypt (pages 103–120)

      Dorothy J. Thompson

    2. Chapter 8

      The Seleukids and Asia (pages 121–133)

      Michel Austin

    3. Chapter 9

      Macedon and the Mainland, 280–221 (pages 134–158)

      Joseph B. Scholten

    4. Chapter 10

      The Attalids of Pergamon (pages 159–174)

      Elizabeth Kosmetatou

  5. Part III: Change and Continuity

    1. Chapter 11

      Kings (pages 175–195)

      John Ma

    2. Chapter 12

      Cities (pages 196–215)

      Richard Billows

    3. Chapter 13

      The Past in a Hellenistic Present: Myth and Local Tradition (pages 216–231)

      Tanja S. Scheer

    4. Chapter 14

      Space and Geography (pages 232–245)

      Klaus Geus

  6. Part IV: Greeks and Others

    1. Chapter 15

      Town and Country in Ptolemaic Egypt (pages 247–263)

      Jane Rowlandson

    2. Chapter 16

      Jews and Greeks (pages 264–279)

      Erich S. Gruen

    3. Chapter 17

      The Galatians: Representation and Reality (pages 280–293)

      Stephen Mitchell

    4. Chapter 18

      Beyond Greeks and Barbarians: Italy and Sicily in the Hellenistic Age (pages 294–310)

      Emma Dench

  7. Part V: Society and Economy

    1. Chapter 19

      Family Structures (pages 311–330)

      Riet van Bremen

    2. Chapter 20

      The Economy (pages 331–353)

      Gary Reger

    3. Chapter 21

      Reading the Landscape: Survey Archaeology and the Hellenistic Oikoumene (pages 354–372)

      Susan E. Alcock, Jennifer E. Gates and Jane E. Rempel

    4. Chapter 22

      Warfare (pages 373–388)

      Patrick Baker

    5. Chapter 23

      Piracy and the Slave-Trade (pages 389–404)

      Vincent Gabrielsen

  8. Part VI: Gods and Men

    1. Chapter 24

      Hellenistic Religion (pages 405–430)

      David Potter

    2. Chapter 25

      The Divinity of Hellenistic Rulers (pages 431–445)

      Angelos Chaniotis

  9. Part VII: Arts and Sciences

    1. Chapter 26

      Empires of Knowledge: Medicine and Health in the Hellenistic World (pages 447–463)

      Rebecca Flemming

    2. Chapter 27

      The Institutions of Hellenistic Philosophy (pages 464–476)

      Phillip Mitsis

    3. Chapter 28

      Literature and its Contexts (pages 477–493)

      Richard Hunter

    4. Chapter 29

      Hellenistic Art, AD 1500–2000 (pages 494–514)

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      Bibliography (pages 515–566)

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      Chronology (pages 567–573)

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      Index (pages 574–595)

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