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Architects of the Hellenistic Age Part I: The Legacy of Alexander’s Companions

by Hellenistic Historyupdated on March 28, 2024March 26, 2024Leave a Comment

The conquests of Alexander the Great should be understated. From 336 to 323 BCE, Alexander would usher in a new era in world history. To aid him in this immense task were his “Companions”. These were Alexander’s closest friends and confidants. Some were childhood friends, others had fought with his father Philip II or gained …

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Myth and Polis XI: Hellenistic kings and kinship myth

by Hellenistic Historyon March 17, 2022March 17, 2022Leave a Comment

We have now reached the eleventh part of the series on the use of mythological kinship in Greek diplomatic interaction. Since most of the sources come from the epigraphic material of the Hellenistic period, we have already looked several times at how mythological kinship was used by cities in that period in their interactions with …

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Hellenistic cities III: Hybrid Worship in Alexandria

by Hellenistic Historyupdated on October 8, 2021October 8, 2021Leave a Comment

This is third part of our series on Hellenistic cities where we explore some very famous poleis such as Alexandria or Pergamon as well as some that are a little more obscure like Megalopolis. Each post tells us more about the general history, population or specific aspects of these Greek cities. In today’s post Shiro …

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Hellenistic Women III: Berenice I of Egypt

by Hellenistic Historyon April 13, 2021April 13, 2021Leave a Comment

To conclude our weeklong celebration of the women from Greek Antiquity, we are looking at another important queen from the Hellenistic period: Berenice I of Egypt. She was the fourth wife of the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty but also the most important one as she was the mother of his successor Ptolemy II Philadelphus …