Between Greece and Babylonia: Hellenistic Intellectual History in Cross-Cultural Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781108419550 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 454 str.

Kathryn Stevens

Opis

Focusing on Greece and Babylonia, this book provides a new, cross-cultural approach to the intellectual history of the Hellenistic world.

Recenzje

'Stevens' book should be standard reading to all scholars interested in Hellenistic acculturation.' Markus Asper, Sehepunkte

Spis treści

1. In search of Hellenistic intellectual history; 2. The study of the heavens; 3. Berossus and the Graeco-Babyloniaca; 4. Alexandria: the missing link?; 5. Kings and scholars; 6. New horizons: Hellenistic intellectual geographies; 7. From Šulgi to Seleucus: Hellenistic local histories; 8. Epilogue: towards a new Hellenistic intellectual history.