Creating a Hellenistic World

After Alexander conquered the Persian empire, much of the territory that he seized would remain under the control of Macedonian kings until the arrival of the Romans. But Macedonian power also brought with it Greeks and Greek culture. New kingdoms were established, new cities such as Alexandria and Antioch were founded, art and literature discovered fresh patrons. Egyptians and Iranians had to come to terms with Graeco-Macedonian rulers and settlers; Greeks and Macedonians learned of cultures more ancient than their own. The essays presented here offer an exciting interdisciplinary approach to the study of this emerging world.

Andrew Erskine is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh.

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh.

Andrew Erskine is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Hellenistic Stoa (1990), Troy between Greece and Rome (2001) and Roman Imperialism (2010). He is also the editor of A Companion to the Hellenistic World (2003) and A Companion to Ancient History (2009).
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Aphrodite's Tortoise: The veiled woman of ancient Greece (CPW, 2003), Ctesias' History of Persia: Tales of the Orient (2010) and King and Court in Ancient Persia (forthcoming, 2011). He is also the editor of Women's Dress in the Ancient Greek World (CPW, 2002).