Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age

JAMES ALLAN EVANS is Professor Emeritus of Classical near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has published several works on ancient Greece and Rome, including The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power and The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire (Greenwood 2005).

• 1.Chronology:. The March of History in the Hellenistic Age.Introduction: The Conquests of Alexander1. The Landscape of the Hellenistic World. The Geographical Background.2. The Features of the Hellenistic City-State.3. Dwelling Houses.4. Clothing and Fashion.5. Education.6. Social Life.7. City and Country Living.8. Hellenistic Women.9. Making a Living.10. Eating and Drinking.11. Sport and Spectacle12. The Theater.13. The Hellenistic Kingdoms.14. Religion.15. Science, Technology, and Medicine.16. The Persisteance of Hellenistic CultureAppendix I: The Reigns of the Hellenistic KingsGlossary of TermsBibliography

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