The Hellenistic Period

Historical Sources in Translation
Herausgeber: Bagnall, Roger S; Derow, Peter

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Produktbeschreibung

Thousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to form a direct impression of life in the Hellenistic world. The book contains 175 documents capturing the political, social, economic, and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities. It covers the entire Hellenistic world and draws extensively on the papyrus remains of the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, which allow an unequalled depth of insight into daily life at every level of society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 859g
• ISBN-13: 9781405101325
• ISBN-10: 1405101326
• Artikelnr.: 22193424

Autorenporträt

Roger S. Bagnall is Professor of Classics and History at Columbia University. He has edited numerous papyri and ostraka and his previous publications include Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History (1995), The Demography of Roman Egypt (1994) and Egypt in Late Antiquity (1993). Peter Derow is Hody Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Wadham College, Oxford and Lecturer in Ancient History in the University of Oxford. He has published on Hellenistic history and epigraphy and Roman republican history, and has a special interest in Polybius and dealings between Rome and the Greeks. He is co-editor with Robert Parker of Herodotus and his World: Essays from a Conference in Memory of George Forrest (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Documents. List of Illustrations. Preface. Note on Editorial Practice. Abbreviations. Note on Reading Documents. The Texts. Part I: Political History:. A. Alexander the Great (336
323). 1. Priene Honours Antigonus
334. 2. 'Letter' of Alexander to the Chians
332. 3. Cyrene Supplies Grain to the Greeks
330
326. 4. Restoration of Exiles to Tegea
324. 5. Restoration of Exiles to Mytilene
324. B. The Successors of Alexander (323
276). 6. Antigonus and Skepsis
311. 7. Two Letters of Antigonus to Teos
306
302. 8. The Hellenic League of 302. 9. Ephesos Recovers from War
after 297. 10. The Ionian League Honours Hippostratos of Miletos
289/8. 11. Lysimachus and Priene
ca 285. 12. Letter of Lysimachus to Samos
283/2. 13. Athens Honors Philippides
283/2. 14. Knidian Loans to Miletos
283/2. 15. Letter of Seleucus I and his son to an Official
281. 16. Ilion and Antiochus I
279
274. 17. Kos Gives Thanks for Defeat of the Gauls
278. C. The Period of Stability (276
221). 18. Gift of Land by Antiochus I
ca 275. 19. Chremonides' Decree
265/4. 20. Antiochus I and the Ionian League
268
262. 21. Ptolemy II and Miletos
ca 262. 22. Letter of Antiochus II to Erythrai
after 261 (?). 23. Eumenes I and his Mercenaries
263
241. 24. Berenike's Journey to Syria
252. 25. Correspondence about a Sale of Land by Antiochus II
254/3. 26. Ptolemy III Euergetes: the Adoulis Inscription
ca 246. 27. Report on the Third Syrian War
ca 246. 28. Delphi, Smyrna, and Seleucus II
242 (?). 29. Magnesia, Smyrna, and Seleucus II
after 242. 30. Decree of the Achaean League
ca 234. D. The Period of Roman Intervention (221
189). 31. Pharos and Rome
after 219 (?). 32. Philip V and Larisa
215. 33. Alliance Between Rome and the Aetolian League
211. 34. Enslavement During a Native Revolt
197. 35. Lampsakos, Massilia and Rome
197/6. 36. Letter of Flamininus to Chyretiai
197
194. 37. Statue of Flamininus at Gytheion
195. 38. Eumenes II and the War Against Nabis
195. 39. M. Valerius Messalla Writes to the Teans
193. 40. The Scipios Write to Herakleia
by
Latmos
190. 41. Letter of C. Livius Salinator to Delphi
189/8. 42. An honorary Decree from Chios
ca 188. E. The Struggle for the Survival of Hellenism (189
30). 43. A Letter of Eumenes
after 188. 44. Rome and Perseus
172/1. 45. Decree of the Senate on the Affairs of Thisbe
170. 46. Dispatch From the Front in the Civil War of 169/8
ca 169/8). 47. Eumenes II and the Ionian League
167/6. 48. Chalkis Honours Ariston of Soloi
170
168. 49. Alliance Between Maroneia and Rome
167. 50. Eumenes II, Attalus II and the Gauls
ca 156. 51. Will of Ptolemy the Younger
155. 52. Letter of Q. Fabius Maximus to Dyme
144/3. 53. Letter from Esthladas to his Parents
130. 54. Decree of Amnesty and Regulation
118. 55. Letter of King Antiochus to King Ptolemy
109. 56. Decree for Diophantos, Strategos of King Mithridates VI
ca 107. 57. Chaeremon of Nysa, Mithridates and Rome
88 and following. 58. Correspondence of Platon
88. 59. Cn. Pompeius Magnus
ca 67. 60. Report on Disturbance in the Country
probably 58. 61. Disturbance in the Province of Asia
probably 51/50. 62. An Egyptian View of Rabirius Postumus
after 55
54. 63. Cleopatra's Golden Handcuffs for a Roman General
33. Part II: The Foreign Possessions of the Ptolemies:. 64. Ordinances about Registration
260. 65. Letters of Toubias
257. 66. Letter of Apollonios about Grain
261. 67. Memorandum to Zenon
258/7. 68. Affairs in Kalynda
248. 69. Visit of a Roman Senator
112. Part III: Life in Greek Cities:. 70. Mausolus and Cretan Knossos
350s. 71. Isopolity between Pergamon and Temnos
early third century. 72. Praxikles' Loan to Arkesine
late fourth/early third century. 73. The Delians Honour Philokles, King of Sidon
ca 280. 75. Athens Honours Herakleides of Cyprian Salamis
325/4. 75. A Samian Grain Law
second century. 76. Decree for Boulagoras of Samos
ca 240. 77. Polythroos Provides for Education at Teos
second century. 78. Decree and Gymnasiarchical Law of Beroia
200
170. 79. Ilion Honours Physician of Antiochus I
275
268/7. 80. Eumenes I and Pergamon
ca 260
245. 81. The Thessalian League Sends Grain to Rome
129 (?). 82. Coinage Decree of the Delphic Amphictyons
150
100. Part IV: The Bureaucracy of Ptolemaic Egypt:. 83. Appointment of a Komogrammateus
119. 84. Oath of Office
246
222. 85. Letter of Marres to Menches
ca 119
111. 86. Account of a Postal Station
ca 255. 87. Announcement of a Government Auction
ca 223. 88. Avoiding a Liturgy
257. 89. Letter to Zenon from Kaunians Seeking Help
257. 90. Letter to Zenon about Petitioner
249. 91. Zenon Petitions the King
ca 246
240. 92. Petition about Assessment
254
253. 93. The Bureaucrats Open a Sluice
Gate
232. 94. Official Correspondence: Don't Move the Hives; Send Calves
226. 95. Declaration of House
property
210
183. 96. Letter about Collection of Taxes
228. 97. Letter about Protection of Tax
farmer
117. 98. A Komarch's Extortion Racket
151. 99. Receipt for Medical and Police Taxes
231. 100. Letter to Zenon about Wax
253. 101. Tax
Farmer's Petition for Relief
236. Part V: The Royal Economy of Egypt:. 102. Letter to Apollonios about Reminting Coins
258. 103. Instructions of the Dioiketes to an Oikonomos
late third century. 104. Hard and Soft Stone for Irrigation Works
256. 105. Plans for Reclamation Work
259. 106. Correspondence about the Sowing Schedule
190. 107. Receipt for Seed Grain
261. 108. Flooding of a Field
218. 109. Loss of Water Supply
112/1. 110. Protection of the Crops
111. 111. Order for Delivery of Grain
265. 112. Receipt for Embarkation of Grain
252. 113. Lease of a Vineyard
170. 114. Revenue Laws of Ptolemy Philadelphos
259. 115. Assault on Oil Contractor
114. 116. Overcharging for Oil
217. 117. Regulating the Price of Myrrh
267. Part VI: The Military and Police of Ptolemaic Egypt:. 118. Reimbursement of Naval Expenses
257. 119. Letter of Apollonios about Wood for the Navy
250. 120. Pay for Elephant
hunters
223. 121. Complaint about Owner of Lodging
244/3. 122. Royal Ordinances
ca 240. 123. The Allotment of the Orphan Son of a Military Man
142. Part VII: The Ptolemaic Legal and Judicial System:. 124. City Laws of Alexandria
mid
third century. 125. Regulations about Self
Identification in Contracts
late third century. 126. Petition about Usury and Detention
245/4. 127. Letter from a Man in Jail
mid
third century. 128. Sent to Break Rocks for Representing a Woman Illegally
241/0 (?). 129. Contract for Sureties
264. 130. Decree about a Surety
237. 131. Report on an Investigation
114. 132. Trial of Hermias and the Choachytai
117. 133. Action before the Chrematistai
154 or 143. 134. Getting Help to Collect a Debt
second century. 135. Problems with a Brewery
254. Part VIII: Social Relations and Private Life:. 136. Bilingualism
third century. 137. Complaint by a non
Greek about Contemptuous Treatment
ca 256
255. 138. Petition about an Assault
161. 139. Learning Egyptian
second century. 140. Scalding in the Baths
221. 141. Ordinance about Slave Sales
ca 198
197. 142. Procedural Laws about Slaves
third century. 143. Sale of a Slave
Girl
259. 144. Offer of Reward for Escaped Slaves
156. 145. Marriage Contract
311. 146. Request for a Guardian
218. 147. Will
284. 148. A Military Settler's Will
238/7. 149. A Greek Will in an Egyptian Milieu
123. 150. Preparations for a Festival
ca 245. 151. A Dancer Hires a Flutist
231. 152. Ungrateful Daughter
221. Part IX. Religion:. A. Greek Sanctuaries and Cities. 153. Magnesia on
the
Maeander and Artemis Leukophryene
after 208/7. 154. Royal Letters to Magnesia on
the
Maeander
ca 205. 155. Epidamnos and Magnesia
after 208/7. 156. Letter of Kings Theodoros and Amynander to Teos
205
201. 157. Accounts and Inventories of the Temple of Apollo on Delos
179. 158. Establishment of a Royal Cult of Laodike
193. 159. Antiochus III Appoints a Chief
Priest at Daphne
189. B. Cults in Ptolemaic Egypt. 160. Decree about the Dionysiac Artists
ca 215
205. 161. Returning Home for the Festival
230 (?). 162. The Synodos of Zeus Hypsistos
ca 69
58. 163. Release on the King's Birthday
254. 164. The Canopus Decree
238. 165. The Rosetta Stone
196. 166. Royal Letter Guaranteeing Temple Revenues
139. 167. Petition about Sacred Land
ca 62
50. 168. Burial Preparations for Sacred Cow
257. 169. Sale of Priestly Rights
106. 170. Grave Robbers
127/6. 171
173. Ptolemaios the Katochos of the Serapeum at Memphis. 171. Petition about Paternal House
160. 172. Petition on behalf of his Brother
158/7. 173. Letter from Wife to Husband
168. 174. Transport of a Body
first century. 175. Antisemites in Memphis
early first century. Appendix: Ptolemaic Administration. Tables and Charts. I Ptolemaic Kings. II Seleucid Kings to 96 BC. III Antigonid Kings. IV Attalid Rulers. V Months. VI Currency. Glossary and Index of Greek Terms. Concordance: Inscriptions. Concordance: Papyri. Index of Persons, Places and Subjects

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