"Alexander's Successors and the Creation of Hellenistic Kingship reconstructs how the development of royal ideologies led to five powerful new kingships after Alexander's death. It reveals how ideological performances and ongoing competition among the post-Alexander elite created the reality of the long-lasting institution of Hellenistic kingship, which would last for generations and even centuries as the model for autocratic power in the ancient world"--
"Alexander's Successors and the Creation of Hellenistic Kingship reconstructs how the development of royal ideologies led to five powerful new kingships after Alexander's death. It reveals how ideological performances and ongoing competition among the post-Alexander elite created the reality of the long-lasting institution of Hellenistic kingship, which would last for generations and even centuries as the model for autocratic power in the ancient world"--
John Holtonis Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Newcastle University, UK. His primary research expertise and publication record is in Hellenistic history and intellectual history, including the study of Alexander the Great and his successors (the diadochoi), ancient monarchies, and universal historiography.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chronology Chapter 1. Approaching the World of Early Hellenistic Kingship, 323-276 BC Chapter 2. The Performance of Status in the Early Hellenistic World: Craterus at Delphi Chapter 3. Heroic Paradigms of Rulership and the Politics of imitatio Chapter 4. Diadem and basileia: A Zelotypic Model Chapter 5. Spear-won Land in Hellenistic Imperial Discourse Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index
List of Figures List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chronology Chapter 1. Approaching the World of Early Hellenistic Kingship, 323-276 BC Chapter 2. The Performance of Status in the Early Hellenistic World: Craterus at Delphi Chapter 3. Heroic Paradigms of Rulership and the Politics of imitatio Chapter 4. Diadem and basileia: A Zelotypic Model Chapter 5. Spear-won Land in Hellenistic Imperial Discourse Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index
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