A Companion to the Hellenistic World

Andrew Erskine is Head of Classics at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Hellenistic Stoa: Political Thought and Action (1990) and Troy between Greece and Rome: Local Tradition and Imperial Power (2001). He has held an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at the University of Munich.

List of Figures. List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Ancient Authors: Abbreviations and Glossary. Reference Works: Abbreviations. Approaching the Hellenistic World: Andrew Erskine (University of Edinburgh). Part I: Narratives:. 2. After Alexander: The emergence of the Hellenistic World, 323-281: David Braund (University of Exeter). 3. An Uneasy Balance: From the Death of Seleukos to the Battle of Raphia: Sheila L. Ager (University of Waterloo). 4. The Arrival of Rome: The Illyrian Wars to the Fall of Macedon: Peter Derow (University of Oxford). 5. Subjection and Resistance: To the Death of Mithridates: Brian McGing (Trinity College, Dublin). 6. A Roman East: Pompey's Settlement to the Death of Augustus: Claude Eilers (McMaster University). Part II: Protagonists:. 7. The Ptolemies and Egypt: Dorothy J. Thompson (University of Cambridge). 8. The Seleukids and Asia: Michel Austin (University of St Andrews). 9. Macedon and the Mainland, 280-221: Joseph B. Scholten (University of Maryland). 10. The Attalids of Pergamon: Elizabeth Kosmetatou (Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington). Part III: Change and Continuity:. 11. Kings: John Ma (University of Oxford). 12. Cities: Richard Billows (Columbia University). 13. The Past in a Hellenistic Present: Myth and Local Tradition: Tanja S. Scheer (University of Munich). 14. Space and Geography: Klaus Geus (University of Bamberg). Part IV: Greeks and Others:. 15. Town and Country in Ptolemaic Egypt: Jane Rowlandson (Kings College, London). 16. Jews and Greeks: Erich S. Gruen (University of California, Berkeley). 17. The Galatians: Representation and Reality: Stephen Mitchell (University of Exeter). 18. Beyond Greeks and Barbarians: Italy and Sicily Emma Dench (Birkbeck College, London). Part V: Society and Economy:. 19. Family Structures: Riet van Bremen (University College London). 20. The Economy: Gary Reger (Trinity College, Hartford). 21. Reading the Landscape: Susan E. Alcock, Jennifer E. Gates and Jane E. Rempel (University of Michigan). 22. Warfare: Patrick Baker (Universite Laval). 23. Piracy and the Slave Trade: Vincent Gabrielsen (University of Copenhagen). Part VI: Gods and Men:. 24. Religion: David Potter (University of Michigan). 25. The Divinity of Hellenistic Rulers: Angelos Chaniotis, (Heidelberg). Part VII: Arts and Sciences:. 26. Empires of Knowledge: Health and Medicine in the Hellenistic World: Rebecca Flemming (Kings College London). 27. The Institutions of Hellenistic Philosophy: Phillip Mitsis (New York University). 28. Literature and its Context: Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge). 29. Hellenistic Art, AD 1500-2000: Andrew Stewart (University of California, Berkeley). Bibliography. Chronology. Index