Before you leave...
Take 20% off your first order
20% off
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order
Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313338120)
Vendor:
James Allen Evans
Product type:
Books
- $70.00
$70.00- $70.00
- Unit price
- per
Subtotal:
$70.00
Description
xThe 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 multicultural but the dominant culture was Greek, developed from the culture of classical Greece, and carrying on the legacy of classical Greece in the visual arts, literature, science, technology, and daily life.
Narrative chapters guide the reader though the vast conquered lands of Hellenistic Greece, exploring marriage customs; festivals, sports, and spectacles; symposia (drinking parties); the agricultural and urban components of the polis (city-state); food; drink; education; science; technology; and the legacy of the Hellenistic age in the modern world.Author: James Allen Evans
ISBN-10: 0313338124
ISBN-13: 9780313338120
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.45w x 1.01d
Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 46
By James Allen Evans
xJAMES ALLAN EVANS is Professor Emeritus of Classical near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has published several works on ancient Greece and Rome, including The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power and The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire (Greenwood 2005).
Recently Viewed Products
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.