Accommodating the individual : identity and control after Alexander /

How did the Greeks respond to the experiences of uncertainty that they so acutely made in the aftermath of Alexander the Great's world-changing conquest of the Persian Empire? How were old values upheld and reshaped? And how did the societies of Greek cities and royal courts accommodate the ove...

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Main Author: Heitmann-Gordon, Henry
Other Authors: Theophrastus, Xenophon
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Verlag Antike, [2017]
Series:Hellenistische Polis als Lebensform ; Bd. 8
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