{"product_id":"the-hellenistic-period-historical-sources-in-translation-paperback","title":"The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger S. Bagnall\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Derow\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents in translation 175 of the most revealing documents that have survived on stone and papyrus from the Hellenistic period. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003ePresents over 150 sources in translation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCaptures the political, social, economic and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the entire Hellenistic world, with extensive coverage of the Ptolemaic kingdom.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to form a direct impression of life in the Hellenistic world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book contains 175 documents capturing the political, social, economic, and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities. It covers the entire Hellenistic world and draws extensively on the papyrus remains of the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, which allow an unequalled depth of insight into daily life at every level of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger S. Bagnall\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics and History at Columbia University. He has edited numerous papyri and ostraka and his previous publications include \u003ci\u003eReading Papyri, Writing Ancient History\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eThe Demography of Roman Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eEgypt in Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e (1993). \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Derow\u003c\/b\u003e is Hody Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Wadham College, Oxford and Lecturer in Ancient History in the University of Oxford. He has published on Hellenistic history and epigraphy and Roman republican history, and has a special interest in Polybius and dealings between Rome and the Greeks. He is co-editor with Robert Parker of \u003ci\u003eHerodotus and his World: Essays from a Conference in Memory of George Forrest\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47512653889757,"sku":"9781405101332","price":107.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/MVYrRUhWa3dPZG1ueTRBV0dJWGhvZz09.webp?v=1772149317","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-hellenistic-period-historical-sources-in-translation-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}