Hellenism and the Local Communities of the Eastern Mediterranean 400 BCE 250 CE 1st edition by Boris Chrubasik, Daniel King ISBN 0198805667 978-0198805663

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ISBN 10: 0198805667
ISBN 13: 978-0198805663
Author: Boris Chrubasik, Daniel King 

Hellenism and the Local Communities of the Eastern Mediterranean offers a timely re-examination of the relationship between Greek and non-Greek cultures in this region between 400 BCE and 250 CE. The conquests of Alexander the Great and his Successors not only radically reshaped the political landscape, but also significantly accelerated cultural change: in recent decades there has been an important historiographical emphasis on the study of the non-Greek cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean, but less focus on how Greek cultural elements became increasingly visible. Although the process of cross-cultural interaction differed greatly across Asia Minor, Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia, the same overarching questions apply: why did the non-Greek communities of the Eastern Mediterranean engage so closely with Greek cultural forms as well as political practices, and how did this engagement translate into their daily lives? In exploring the versatility and adaptability of Greek political structures, such as the polis, and the ways in which Greek and non-Greek cultures interacted in fields such as medicine, literature, and art, the essays in this volume aim to provide new insight into these questions. At the same time, they prompt a re-interrogation of the process of Hellenization, exploring whether it is still a useful concept for explaining and understanding the dynamics of cultural exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean of this period.

Hellenism and the Local Communities of the Eastern Mediterranean: 400 BCE-250 CE 1st Table of contents:

1. Hellenism? An Introduction

2. The Greek Impact in Asia Minor 400–250 bce

3. Trajectories of Hellenism at Tadmor-Palmyra and Dura-Europos

Hellenistic Tadmor-Palmyra

Hellenistic Dura-Europos

Tadmor-Palmyra and Dura-Europos

Concluding Remarks

4. The Polis of Babylon: An Historiographical Approach

Introduction

Babylon: From Local Organization to a New Greek Settlement

Puliṭê and ‘Babylonians’ in Babylon: The Greek Community Inside Babylon

The Hypothesis of Segregation between Two Communities

Conclusion

5. From Pre-Makkabaean Judaea to Hekatomnid Karia and Back Again: The Question of Hellenization

Assessing Impact: Agency and the ‘Value’ of Greek Culture

The Question of Hellenization: Conclusion

6. Converging Perspectives on Antiochos III

Three Views of Antiochos III

A Connected World: The Views from Greece and Rome

The View from Babylon

Conclusion

7. Greek and Egyptian Associations in Egypt: Fact or Fiction?

Deconstructing the Traditional View

Greeks and Private Associations in Ptolemaic Egypt

Greek Associations vs Egyptian Associations?

A New Approach to Private Associations of Ptolemaic Egypt

8. Text and Wisdom in the Letter of Aristeas

The Letter of Aristeas: Content and Genre

The Seven Banquets and Oral Wisdom

Text, Translation, and Authority

Conclusions

9 Medicine between Cultures in the Hellenistic Fayum

Introducing Tebtynis

Theoretical Treatises

Pharmaceutical Documents

Cultural Contexts

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