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"The Base Mechanic Arts"? Some Thoughts on the Contribution of Science (Pure and Applied) to the Culture of the Hellenistic Age

  • K. D. White
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Hellenistic History and Culture
This chapter is in the book Hellenistic History and Culture
© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS V
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS VII
  4. PREFACE IX
  5. ABBREVIATIONS XI
  6. Introduction: New Approaches to the Hellenistic World 1
  7. The Macedonian Imprint on the Hellenistic World 12
  8. The Hellenistic Fringe: The Case of Meroé 38
  9. What Is "Hellenistic" about Hellenistic Art? 67
  10. People in a Landscape: Theokritos 111
  11. Hellenistic Ethics and Philosophical Power 138
  12. The Ptolemies and the Ideology of Kingship 168
  13. "The Base Mechanic Arts"? Some Thoughts on the Contribution of Science (Pure and Applied) to the Culture of the Hellenistic Age 211
  14. Hellenism and Persecution: Antiochus IV and the Jews 238
  15. CONTRIBUTORS 275
  16. Index 277
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520917095-011

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS V
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS VII
  4. PREFACE IX
  5. ABBREVIATIONS XI
  6. Introduction: New Approaches to the Hellenistic World 1
  7. The Macedonian Imprint on the Hellenistic World 12
  8. The Hellenistic Fringe: The Case of Meroé 38
  9. What Is "Hellenistic" about Hellenistic Art? 67
  10. People in a Landscape: Theokritos 111
  11. Hellenistic Ethics and Philosophical Power 138
  12. The Ptolemies and the Ideology of Kingship 168
  13. "The Base Mechanic Arts"? Some Thoughts on the Contribution of Science (Pure and Applied) to the Culture of the Hellenistic Age 211
  14. Hellenism and Persecution: Antiochus IV and the Jews 238
  15. CONTRIBUTORS 275
  16. Index 277
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