The Hellenistic World: New Perspectives

by Daniel Ogden (Editor), John Davies, Klaus Zimmermann

This group of fourteen essays provides new insights into the history of the Hellenistic world through literary and archaeological sources. The essays fall into five main structure and system; king and court; family and kinship; landscape and people; art and image. Contributions from Sylvie le Bohec-Bouhet, David Braund, Elizabeth Carney, John Davies, Andrew Erskine, Shelley Hales, Waldemar Heckel, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Alan B Lloyd, Christian Mileta, Graham Shipley, Dorothy Thompson, Ruth Westgate and Klaus Zimmermann make this an authoritative collection of studies.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2003

About the author

Professor of Ancient History; Honorary Research Fellow, UNISA



Principal research areas:

(1) traditional narratives in antiquity;

(2) Greek religion;

(3) Macedonian and Hellenistic Dynasties.