Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World

Sheila Ager; Reimer Faber

Published by University of Toronto Press 2012

Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World

Sheila Ager and Reimer Faber

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442699441

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About this book

With a range of social, artistic, economic, political, and literary perspectives, the contributors provide a lively exploration of the tensions and opportunities of life in the Hellenistic Mediterranean.

Author / Editor information

Ager Sheila :

Sheila L. Ager is a professor of ancient history and Dean of Arts at the University of Waterloo.
Faber Reimer :

Riemer A. Faber is a professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Waterloo.

Reviews

Joan Burton, Department of Classics, University of Maryland:
‘Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World makes a significant contribution to an exciting area of scholarly exploration. Representing a mix of accomplished scholars from a variety of disciplines, this stimulating volume is an enjoyable read with gems throughout.’

Nicholas Rauh, School of Literature and Cultures, Purdue University:
‘A solid collection on an important topic, Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World is extremely comprehensive, well informed, useful, and up-to-date.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World: Themes and Questions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part One: Intercultural Poetics and Identity
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
1. ‘If I Am from Syria – So What?’: Meleager’s Cosmopoetics Regina Höschele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Invective from the Cultural Periphery: The Case of Hermeias of Kourion Peter Bing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. Genre and Ethnicity in the Epigrams of Meleager Kathryn Gutzwiller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Part Two: On the Margins? Ethnicity and Hellenicity
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
4. Belonging and Isolation in Central Anatolia: The Galatians in the Graeco- Roman World Altay Coşkun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. The Importance of Being Aitolian Joseph Scholten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
6. Democracy in the Hellenistic World Glenn Bugh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Part Three: Symploke: Mediterranean Systems and Networks
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
7. Polybios and International Systems Theory Arthur Eckstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
8. Networks in the Hellenistic Economy Gary Reger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
9. Diplomacy and the Integration of the Hasmonean State Claude Eilers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Part Four: Alexandria: The Invention of a City
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
10. Founding Alexandria in the Alexandrian Imagination Andrew Erskine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
11. The Birth Myths of Ptolemy Soter Daniel Ogden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
12. ‘Alexandrianism’ Again: Regionalism, Alexandria, and Aesthetics Craig I. Hardiman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Part Five: Integration: Social In-Groups and Out-Groups
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
13. Staging the Oikos: Character and Belonging in Menander’s Samia Christina Vester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
14. Making Yourself at Home in the Hellenistic World Ruth Westgate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
15.Mère-patrie et patrie d’adoption à l’époque hellénistique: Réfl exions à partir du cas des mercenaires crétois de Milet Patrick Baker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
Part Six: Insulae: Geopolitics and Geopoetics
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
16 ‘Entirely Ignorant of the Agora’ (Alkiphron 1.14.3): Fishing and the Economy of Hellenistic Delos Ephraim Lytle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
17. De l’ouverture au repli: Les prêts du sanctuaire de Délos Léopold Migeotte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
18. Connections, Origins, and the Construction of Belonging in the Poetry of Kallimachos Mary Depew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 408
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 17
- Other: 17 b&w illustrations

eBook

Published: June 17, 2013
ISBN: 9781442699441