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The Hellenistic Period Edited by Roger S. Bagnall
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"This collection
is a model of meticulous scholarship and excellent judgment. I read it with
great pleasure and great respect." Dr. John Ma, 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
from 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 Roger S. Bagnall is Professor of Classics and History at Peter Derow is Hody Fellow and
Tutor in Ancient History at |
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