Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra

The Hellenistic world, ushered into existance by Alexander the Great, took in a vast region, stretching from Iraq in the east to Sicily in the west. Within this area, society was multicultural but the dominant culture was Greek, developed from the culture of classical Greece, and carrying on the legacy of classical Greece in the visual arts, literature, science, technology, and daily life.

Narrative chapters guide the reader though the vast conquered lands of Hellenistic Greece, exploring marriage customs; festivals, sports, and spectacles; symposia (drinking parties); the agricultural and urban components of the polis (city-state); food; drink; education; science; technology; and the legacy of the Hellenistic age in the modern world.

Author: James Evans
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.45w x 1.01d
ISBN: 9780313338120

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 46

About the Author

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).