1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816487803321

Autore

Thonemann Peter

Titolo

The Hellenistic age / / Peter Thonemann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-107680-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

938.08

Soggetti

Hellenism

Greece Civilization To 146 B.C

Greece

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Hellenistic Age; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; 1: The Idea of the Hellenistic; The Man from Soli; A 'Hellenistic' Age?; Writing Hellenistic History; 2: From Alexander to Augustus; Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC; The Age of the Successors, 323-281 BC; The Hellenistic Kingdoms, 281-220 BC; Symploke,̄ 220-188 BC; The 'Short' Second Century, 188-133 BC; The End of the Hellenistic World, 133-30 BC; 3: Demetrius the Besieger and Hellenistic Kingship; Warlords and Kings; The King at War; Demetrius the God; Kings and Cities; The Royal 'Club'

4: Eratosthenes and the System of the WorldThe Chicken-Coop of the Muses; Space and Time: Eratosthenes of Cyrene; Pure and Applied: Archimedes of Syracuse; Poetry and Literary Scholarship; Beyond Alexandria; 5: Encounters; Ashoka Looks West; East: Aristotle in the Hindu Kush; South: Argonauts of the Monsoon; North: Protogenes and Saitaphernes; West: The Villa of the Papyri; 6: Priene; Planning the City; Priene and the Kings; Life in the City; From Apellis to Moschion; TIMELINE; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 1: THE IDEA OF THE HELLENISTIC; CHAPTER 2: FROM ALEXANDER TO AUGUSTUS

CHAPTER 3: DEMETRIUS THE BESIEGER AND HELLENISTIC KINGSHIPCHAPTER 4: ERATOSTHENES AND THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD; CHAPTER 5: ENCOUNTERS; CHAPTER 6: PRIENE; PUBLISHER'S



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The three centuries following the conquests of Alexander were perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. Culture, ideas, and individuals travelled freely over vast areas from the Rhone to the Indus, whilst dynasts battled for dominion over Alexander's great empire. Thonemann presents a brief history of this globalized world.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960058803321

Autore

Heim Maria <1969->

Titolo

Theories of the gift in South Asia : Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain reflections on dana / / Maria Heim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-87851-X

1-138-86271-1

1-280-09594-6

0-203-50226-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Religion in history, society, and culture ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

394

Soggetti

Religious ethics - South Asia

Generosity - Religious aspects

Hindu giving

Buddhist giving

Jaina giving

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-184) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Sources -- The donor -- The recipient -- The ritual -- The gift -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the ethical and social implications of unilateral gifts of esteem, offering a perceptive guide to the uniquely South Asian contributors to theoretical work on the gift.