Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 0313338124......Page 5
Contents (with page links)......Page 6
Introduction:The Conquests of Alexander......Page 8
THE BACKGROUND......Page 10
THE PERSIAN EMPIRE......Page 11
PHILIP’S DEATH AND ALEXANDER’S ACCESSION......Page 13
ALEXANDER’S CONQUESTS......Page 14
THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EMPIRE......Page 17
THE HELLENISTIC KINGDOMS......Page 21
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE HELLENISTIC KINGDOMS......Page 26
NOTE......Page 31
Chronology:The March of History in the Hellenistic Age......Page 32
MEDITERRANEAN GREECE......Page 43
THE NEW LANDS WON BY ALEXANDER......Page 47
Egypt......Page 49
NOTES......Page 52
ECONOMIC REALITIES......Page 53
THE POLIS, AS THE BASIC UNIT OF GREEK CIVILIZATION......Page 56
THE APPEARANCE OF A CITY......Page 59
NOTES......Page 64
3 Dwelling Houses......Page 65
THE HOUSE AT LEUCAS: AN EXAMPLE OF MIDDLE-CLASS LIVING IN A COLD CLIMATE......Page 68
LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE WORKING POOR......Page 70
HELLENISTIC HOMES IN EGYPT......Page 71
NOTE......Page 72
GREEK STYLE......Page 73
Fabric and Adornments......Page 74
NOTE......Page 76
5 Education......Page 77
THE EPHEBIA......Page 79
THE GYMNASIUM, AN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER......Page 80
Higher Education......Page 82
NOTES......Page 83
CITIZENSHIP STATUS......Page 85
EVIDENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN HERONDAS’S POEMS AND OTHER WRITINGS......Page 86
CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS......Page 89
NOTES......Page 91
INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE: THE AGORA......Page 93
NEW COMEDY: A REPRESENTATION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS......Page 95
JOBS FOR THE LOWER CLASSES......Page 97
CITIZENS, RESIDENT ALIENS, AND SLAVES......Page 98
The Prevalence of Slavery......Page 99
Slave Labor......Page 103
NOTES......Page 105
WOMEN IN ATHENS, SPARTA, AND MACEDONIA......Page 107
Girl Children......Page 109
Dowries and Marriage Contracts......Page 110
Equality and Power......Page 111
THE EMERGENCE OF EDUCATED WOMEN......Page 113
NOTES......Page 116
TRADE AND COMMERCE......Page 129
Greek Imports in Alexandria......Page 130
The Prosperity of Rhodes......Page 132
SOLDIERING AS A CAREER......Page 134
BANKING......Page 136
MAKING A LIVING IN HELLENISTIC EGYPT......Page 139
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE......Page 141
EVIDENCE OF OTHER OCCUPATIONS......Page 142
NOTES......Page 143
SHARED FEASTS......Page 145
COOKING TOOLS AND MEAL CUSTOMS......Page 148
THE SYMPOSIUM, OR DRINKING PARTY......Page 150
Taverns......Page 152
COOKS......Page 153
BANQUETS......Page 155
NOTES......Page 157
ATHLETIC AND MUSIC FESTIVALS......Page 159
Professional Athletes......Page 162
SPECTACLE......Page 163
NOTES......Page 166
12 The Theater......Page 167
STAGE PRODUCTIONS......Page 168
Playwrights of the New Comedy......Page 170
Masks and Presentation......Page 171
Music and Dance......Page 172
Satyr Plays and Tragedies......Page 173
ACTORS’ GUILDS......Page 174
Theater as a Political Tool......Page 176
NOTE......Page 177
KINGS AND ROYAL FAMILIES......Page 179
THE NATURE OF HELLENISTIC KINGSHIP......Page 183
KINGS AS GODS......Page 185
KINGS AS CHAMPIONS OF GREEK CULTURE......Page 189
Resentment among the Non-Greeks:The Case of Judea......Page 193
NOTES......Page 198
THE SURVIVAL OF THE OLYMPIAN GODS......Page 199
THE NEWCOMERS: IMMIGRANT GODS FROM THE LANDS THAT ALEXANDER CONQUERED......Page 203
Isis and Sarapis......Page 204
The Cult of Aphrodite and Adonis......Page 206
TEMPLES AND SHRINES......Page 207
FESTIVALS, PROCESSIONS, AND SACRIFICES......Page 209
The Great Panathenaia......Page 210
Processions......Page 212
Dancing and Pantomimes......Page 213
Oracles and Mantikê......Page 214
Dreams......Page 215
Magic......Page 216
NON-BELIEF......Page 217
AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE IN PTOLEMAIC EGYPT......Page 218
NOTE......Page 221
THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE......Page 223
TECHNOLOGY......Page 227
MEDICINE......Page 229
NOTE......Page 231
16 The Persistence of Hellenistic Culture......Page 233
NOTES......Page 236
SELEUCID KINGS......Page 237
ANTIGONID KINGS OF MACEDONIA......Page 238
Glossary......Page 239
Bibliography......Page 243
WEB SOURCES......Page 248
Index (with page links)......Page 249
About the Author......Page 253
Photo Essay......Page 117