Index

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