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The term Hellenistic (derived from Héllēn, the Greeks' traditional self-described ethnic name) was established by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen to refer to the spreading of Greek culture over the non-Greek peoples that were conquered by Alexander the Great. According to Droysen, the Hellenistic civilization was a fusion of Greek and Middle-Eastern cultures. The main cultural centers expanded from mainland Greece, to Pergamon, Rhodes, Antioch and Alexandria.
Modern historians see the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC as the beginning of the Hellenistic period. Alexander's armies conquered the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Iranian plateau, Central Asia, and parts of India. Following Alexander's death, there was a struggle for the succession, known as the wars of the Diadochi (Greek for successors). The struggle ended in 281 BC with the establishment of four large territorial states.
- The Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt based at Alexandria;
- The Seleucid dynasty in Syria and Mesopotamia based at Antioch;
- The Antigonid dynasty in Macedon and central Greece;
- The Attalid dynasty in Anatolia based at Pergamum.
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New blog post: Humanities West - Alexander/Alexandria: The Flowering of Hellenistic Culture http://bit.ly/4XxDx2
GreekMacedonia (History of Macedonia) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:16:42 -0000
New blog post: Humanities West - Alexander/Alexandria: The Flowering of Hellenistic Culture http://bit.ly/4XxDx2
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Arion's Lyre: Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry - by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes - Princeton University Press. http://tinyurl.com/yc3h29g
poetry_book (New Poetry Books) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:00:26 -0000
Arion's Lyre: Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry - by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes - Princeton University Press. http://tinyurl.com/yc3h29g
"...The Messenger of Allah marched, heading towards Ash-Sham to fight the Romans [i.e. the Byzantines, in this case Hellenistic Syrians]...
philip_daniel (Philip Daniel) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:54:27 -0000
"...The Messenger of Allah marched, heading towards Ash-Sham to fight the Romans [i.e. the Byzantines, in this case Hellenistic Syrians]...
Learning spells today in Hellenistic Religions...if only I had an eye from an ape. Then I could make myself invisible. Kickass.
SethDuin (Seth Duin) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:45 -0000
Learning spells today in Hellenistic Religions...if only I had an eye from an ape. Then I could make myself invisible. Kickass.
An Ancient Greek Computer - Uncovered during a dive in 1901, near the isle of Antikythera. Page describes the components of what may be an early astronomical calculator thought to come from ancient Greece. Includes photos and sketches of the mechanical device. From the Scientific American magazine.
Colonization of the Black Sea by the Ancient Greeks - An article by Igor V. Bondyrev. Peculiarity of geographic position and abundance of natural resources as well as unusual situation in home policy of Greece itself, complicated by the beginning of ecological crisis in regional ecosystems in Ancient Greece, all these made separate city-states to seek new sources for revenue on the coast of the Golden Fleece.
Greek Classical Archaeology - Dartmouth College classical archaeology course: City-States and Panhellenic Sanctuaries 480 - 323 B.C.E.
Meta Description: [ Web site for Dartmouth College course Greek and Roman Studies 22: Greek Classical Archaeology. ]
Greeks 'borrowed Egyptian Numbers - From BBC, The classical pioneers of mathematics, astronomy and physics borrowed their number system from Egypt, research suggests.
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Hellenic Alexandria - Project aims to highlight the Hellenic cultural presence in Alexandria, the city founded by Alexander the Great.
Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome - Photographs by Leo Curran, University of Buffalo, of Classical remains across Europe, with some models and reconstructions of their original appearance. Searchable.
Olbia Excavations - Excavation summary and images of the Greek colony of Olbia.
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Olbia Research Project - Excavation at Olbia, one of the most important and well preserved of the ancient Greek colonies on the Black Sea.
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Parthenon Marbles - Ian Swindale and his students in Crete present the history of the magnificent frieze and sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens and the campaign to return to Greece those now in the British Museum.
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The Archaeology of Ancient Greece - A guide to archaeological sites of interest on the Greek mainland, Peloponnesos, Greek Islands and western Turkey, with bibliography, from the University of Richmond.
The Helike Project - Ongoing investigation details of a major archeological site.
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