{"product_id":"the-hellenistic-period-isbn-9781405101332","title":"The Hellenistic Period","description":"This book presents in translation 175 of the most revealing documents that have survived on stone and papyrus from the Hellenistic period. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents over 150 sources in translation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCaptures the political, social, economic and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the entire Hellenistic world, with extensive coverage of the Ptolemaic kingdom.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable of Documents ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Editorial Practice xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Reading Documents xxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Texts 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Political History 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII The Foreign Possessions of the Ptolemies 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Life in Greek Cities 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV The Bureaucracy of Ptolemaic Egypt 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV The Royal Economy of Egypt 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI The Military and Police of Ptolemaic Egypt 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII The Ptolemaic Legal and Judicial System 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII Social Relations and Private Life 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX Religion 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Ptolemaic Administration 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTables and Charts 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Ptolemaic Kings 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Seleucid Kings to 96 BC 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Antigonid Kings 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Attalid Rulers 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV Months 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI Currency 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary and Index of Greek Terms 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcordance: Papyri 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcordance: Inscriptions 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcordance between Editions 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Persons, Places and Subjects 311\u003c\/p\u003e  \"For any reader, this book will provide an illuminating, reliable and accessible resource. Its clarity of style, meticulous attention to detial, and sensitivity to current bibliography provide a model that should be emulated by other scholars contemplating the creation of their own sourcebooks...it is quite simply difficult to find fault with this book.\" \u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This collection is a model of meticulous scholarship and excellent judgement. I read it with great pleasure and great respect.\" \u003cb\u003eDr John Ma\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorpus Christi College, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRoger S. Bagnall\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics and History at Columbia University. He has edited numerous papyri and ostraka and his previous publications include \u003ci\u003eReading Papyri, Writing Ancient History\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eThe Demography of Roman Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eEgypt in Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e (1993). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Derow\u003c\/b\u003e is Hody Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Wadham College, Oxford and Lecturer in Ancient History in the University of Oxford. He has published on Hellenistic history and epigraphy and Roman republican history, and has a special interest in Polybius and dealings between Rome and the Greeks. He is co-editor with Robert Parker of \u003ci\u003eHerodotus and his World: Essays from a Conference in Memory of George Forrest\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e  Thousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to form a direct impression of life in the Hellenistic world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book contains 175 documents capturing the political, social, economic, and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities. It covers the entire Hellenistic world and draws extensively on the papyrus remains of the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, which allow an unequalled depth of insight into daily life at every level of society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990257189093,"sku":"NP9781405101332","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405101332.jpg?v=1761787091","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-hellenistic-period-isbn-9781405101332","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}