(P/B) THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD

Παρουσίαση

This book presents in translation 175 of the most revealing documents that have survived on stone and papyrus from the Hellenistic period.
- Presents over 150 sources in translation.
- Captures the political, social, economic and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities.
- Covers the entire Hellenistic world, with extensive coverage of the Ptolemaic kingdom. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Preface to second edition.
Preface to first edition.
Table of Documents.
Note on Editorial Practice and Abbreviations.
Note on Reading Documents.
The Texts.
Part I: Political History.
Part II: The Foreign Possessions of the Ptolemies.
Part III: Life In Greek Cities.
Part IV: The Bureaucracy of Ptolemaic Egypt.
Part V: The Royal Economy of Egypt.
Part VI: The Military and Police of Ptolemaic Egypt.
Part VII: The Ptolemaic Legal and Judicial System.
Part VIII: Social Relations and Private Life.
Part IX: Religion.
Appendix: Ptolemaic Administration.
Tables and Charts.
I Ptolemaic Kings.
II Seleucid Kings to 96 BC.
III Antigonid Kings.
IV Attalid Rulers.
V Months.
VI Currency.
Glossary and Index of Greek Terms.
Concordance: Inscriptions.
Concordance: Papyri.
Index of Persons, Places and Subjects