Hellenistic Civilization

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Wiley, 22 nov 2002 - 464 pagine
Spanning the period from Alexander the Great's accession to the throne in 336 BC to the defeat by Octavian of Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC, this volume provides a vivid account of the innovative civilization of the Hellenistic world.

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FranVois Chamoux is a member of theAcadémie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, an honorarymember of the Hellenic Society, and an Emeritus Professor of GreekLiterature and Civilization at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Hewas editor of the Revue des Etudes Grecques from 1977 to1988, and has now directed for many years the edition andtranslation of Diodorus Siculus in the Collection desUniversités de France. His other publications includeCyrene and the Dynasty of the Battiads (1953), TheDelphic Charioteer (1955), The Civilization of Greece(1965), Mark Antony (1988), and Pausanias, Commentary toBook I (1992).

Michel Roussel was Professor of Classics in theUniversity of Ottawa until his retirement in 1991. He is now anadjunct professor in that institution, the only bilingualuniversity in Canada.

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