{"product_id":"daily-life-in-the-hellenistic-age-from-alexander-to-cleopatra-9780313338120","title":"Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrative 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.45w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313338120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMES ALLAN EVANS\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwood 2005).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40924493742195,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":132.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_da9f08b8-218c-45a3-86fb-10a7288079dd.jpg?v=1692191582","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/daily-life-in-the-hellenistic-age-from-alexander-to-cleopatra-9780313338120","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}