Description and condition: Grey boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, pp xv 319, index, bibliography, maps, b/w illustrations. Good to very good, bump to tail of spine, blind-stamped personal library mark present, else nice clean pages. In similar dustcover. Contents: The Greek world transformed: Alexander III the Great; the successors; the balance of power; the rise of Rome. The Hellenistic world: the kingdoms of Europe; the Ptolemies; the Seleucids; the near-eastern border states; the east; monarchies and monarchs. City-states and leagues: the principal cities and leagues; the Hellenistic community. Reality and the individual: scientific researches; literary and artistic realism; biographers and portraitists; the Hellenistic woman. The search of peace of mind: despair and faith; the philosophers' solution; the literary escape routes. |
