A Companion to the Hellenistic World

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Ancient Authors: Abbreviations and Glossary.

Reference Works: Abbreviations.

Approaching the Hellenistic World: Andrew Erskine (University of Edinburgh).

Part I: Narratives:.

2. After Alexander: The emergence of the Hellenistic World, 323–281: David Braund (University of Exeter).

3. An Uneasy Balance: From the Death of Seleukos to the Battle of Raphia: Sheila L. Ager (University of Waterloo).

4. The Arrival of Rome: The Illyrian Wars to the Fall of Macedon: Peter Derow (University of Oxford).

5. Subjection and Resistance: To the Death of Mithridates: Brian McGing (Trinity College, Dublin).

6. A Roman East: Pompey’s Settlement to the Death of Augustus: Claude Eilers (McMaster University).

Part II: Protagonists:.

7. The Ptolemies and Egypt: Dorothy J. Thompson (University of Cambridge).

8. The Seleukids and Asia: Michel Austin (University of St Andrews).

9. Macedon and the Mainland, 280–221: Joseph B. Scholten (University of Maryland).

10. The Attalids of Pergamon: Elizabeth Kosmetatou (Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington).

Part III: Change and Continuity:.

11. Kings: John Ma (University of Oxford).

12. Cities: Richard Billows (Columbia University).

13. The Past in a Hellenistic Present: Myth and Local Tradition: Tanja S. Scheer (University of Munich).

14. Space and Geography: Klaus Geus (University of Bamberg).

Part IV: Greeks and Others:.

15. Town and Country in Ptolemaic Egypt: Jane Rowlandson (Kings College, London).

16. Jews and Greeks: Erich S. Gruen (University of California, Berkeley).

17. The Galatians: Representation and Reality: Stephen Mitchell (University of Exeter).

18. Beyond Greeks and Barbarians: Italy and Sicily Emma Dench (Birkbeck College, London).

Part V: Society and Economy:.

19. Family Structures: Riet van Bremen (University College London).

20. The Economy: Gary Reger (Trinity College, Hartford).

21. Reading the Landscape: Susan E. Alcock, Jennifer E. Gates and Jane E. Rempel (University of Michigan).

22. Warfare: Patrick Baker (Universitè Laval).

23. Piracy and the Slave Trade: Vincent Gabrielsen (University of Copenhagen).

Part VI: Gods and Men:.

24. Religion: David Potter (University of Michigan).

25. The Divinity of Hellenistic Rulers: Angelos Chaniotis, (Heidelberg).

Part VII: Arts and Sciences:.

26. Empires of Knowledge: Health and Medicine in the Hellenistic World: Rebecca Flemming (Kings College London).

27. The Institutions of Hellenistic Philosophy: Phillip Mitsis (New York University).

28. Literature and its Context: Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge).

29. Hellenistic Art, AD 1500–2000: Andrew Stewart (University of California, Berkeley).

Bibliography.

Chronology.

Index