From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Hellenistic WorldScribner, 1982 - 319 pagine Beginning with the death in 323 B.C. of Alexander the Great, the archetypal hero, and ending with Cleopatra, the supreme product of a society that devoted novel attention to women, this book covers developments in politics, science, medicine, philosophy, literature, the fine arts, and the role of women. |
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Pagina 96
... Zeus over his shoulders , with Zeus ' eagle and thunderbolt on the reverse : and a small bronze bust at Baltimore may identify him with Dionysus . Next , when Ptolemy I died in 283 and his wife Berenice I four years later , they were in ...
... Zeus over his shoulders , with Zeus ' eagle and thunderbolt on the reverse : and a small bronze bust at Baltimore may identify him with Dionysus . Next , when Ptolemy I died in 283 and his wife Berenice I four years later , they were in ...
Pagina 112
... Zeus with Victory ( Nike ) . King Perseus of Macedonia ( 179-168 ) , defeated by the Romans at Pydna . Reverse : eagle and thunderbolt surrounded by the oak- wreath of Zeus of Dodona . Silver coin of the Bactrian king Demetrius I ( c ...
... Zeus with Victory ( Nike ) . King Perseus of Macedonia ( 179-168 ) , defeated by the Romans at Pydna . Reverse : eagle and thunderbolt surrounded by the oak- wreath of Zeus of Dodona . Silver coin of the Bactrian king Demetrius I ( c ...
Pagina 191
... Zeus Ammon : and at his foundation Alexandria , too , he was posthumously depicted in an elephant's skin , with tusks and trunk , as the conqueror of India . The features on all these pieces are more or less idealized . Ptolemy I was ...
... Zeus Ammon : and at his foundation Alexandria , too , he was posthumously depicted in an elephant's skin , with tusks and trunk , as the conqueror of India . The features on all these pieces are more or less idealized . Ptolemy I was ...
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The Balance of Power | 3 |
The Rise of Rome | 12 |
The Hellenistic Kingdoms | 21 |
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