Lykophron's Alexandra, Rome, and the Hellenistic World

Simon Hornblower was most recently a Senior Research Fellow in Classical Studies at All Souls College, Oxford, until his retirement in 2016. Earlier in his career he was a Prize Fellow at All Souls College from 1971 until 1977 before becoming Tutorial Fellow in Ancient History at Oriel College and University CUF Lecturer. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Classics and Professor of Ancient History at UCL, where he remained until 2010 (from 2006 as Grote Professor of Ancient History). He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2004.

Frontmatter
Abbreviations
Synopsis of the Alexandra
Map
I: Lykophron's Geopolitical World
1: The Hellenistic Kingdoms; Cities and Federations of Old Greece
1.i: Introduction
1.i.a: Date of the poem
1.ii: The Hellenistic kingdoms
1.ii.a: The tyrants of the Western Mediterranean
1.ii.b: Alexander
1.ii.c: The Antigonids
1.ii.d: The Seleukids
1.ii.e: The Attalids
1.ii.f: The Ptolemies; Lykophron and Egypt
1.iii: The cities and federations (leagues) of Old Greece
1.iii.a: The cities
Athens and Attika; the Athenian colonization of Miletos
Thebes and Boiotia
Sparta and Messenia
1.iii.b: The federations: Boiotian, Aitolian, Lokrian
1.iv: Conclusion
2: Sicily and Magna Graecia (South Italy)
2.i: Sicily
2.ii: Italy
2.ii.a: Epizephyrian Lokroi
2.ii.b: Kaulonia
2.ii.c: Skylletion, Kroton, Petelia, and Temesa (Tempsa)
2.ii.d: Lagaria and Thourioi
2.ii.e: Daunia
3: Rhodes
ANNEX: The Lindian 'Chronicle'
4: Campania, Latium, and Rome
4.i: Campania
4.ii: Latium and Rome
4.iii: Where is Dido?
ANNEX: The Aineias section
II: Cultural and Religious Contexts
5: Sibylline Oracles and Other Apocalyptic Literature
5.i: Introduction
5.ii: The Sibylline Oracles, especially the Third
5.iii: Phlegon of Tralles
5.iv: The Book of Daniel
5.v: The 'Oracle of the Potter'
5.vi: Polybius?
5.vii: Conclusion
6: Culture, Religion, and Myths of Identity in the Alexandra
6.i: Introduction
6.ii: Hektor's bones (again)
6.iii: The Lokrian maidens
6.iv: Cult epithets: Smintheus, Mamertos, Mamersa
6.v: Myths of identity
6.v.a: Rome
6.v.b: Krete and Karia
6.v.c: Cyprus, the two places called Salamis, and Sparta
6.vi: Concluding remarks
ANNEX A: Lykophron on Hektor's bones
ANNEX B: Lykophron on the Lokrian maidens
ANNEX C: The Lokrian maidens inscription: text and translation
7: Conclusion
7.i: A political poem
7.ii: The 190s BC and Hannibal's legacy
7.iii: The intended audience or readership of the Alexandra
Endmatter
Bibliography
General index
Index locorum