Hellenistic History and Culture: Volume 9 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520203259)

In a 1988 conference, American and British scholars unexpectedly discovered that their ideas were converging in ways that formed a new picture of the variegated Hellenistic mosaic. That picture emerges in these essays and eloquently displays the breadth of modern interest in the Hellenistic Age.

A distrust of all ideologies has altered old views of ancient political structures, and feminism has also changed earlier assessments. The current emphasis on multiculturalism has consciously deemphasized the Western, Greco-Roman tradition, and Nubians, Bactrians, and other subject peoples of the time are receiving attention in their own right, not just as recipients of Greco-Roman culture.

History, like Herakleitos' river, never stands still. These essays share a collective sense of discovery and a sparking of new ideas--they are a welcome beginning to the reexploration of a fascinatingly complex age.

Author: Peter Green
ISBN-10: 0520203259
ISBN-13: 9780520203259
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 07/29/1996
Pages: 293
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.02w x 0.79d