The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa

The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa

by Getzel M. Cohen
The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa

The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa

by Getzel M. Cohen

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Overview

This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in Getzel Cohen's organized survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, The Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 331 to 31 BCE. Organized geographically, the volume pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects. Cohen's magisterial breadth of focus enables him to provide more than a compilation of information; the volume also contributes to ongoing questions and will point the way toward new avenues of inquiry.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520241480
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/03/2006
Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society , #46
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 501
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Getzel M. Cohen, Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati and Director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, is author of The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor(California, 1995).

Table of Contents

PREFACE
THE SCHOLARSHIP AND THE SOURCES
A GEOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW

I. NORTHERN SYRIA
II. CHALCIDICE
III. CYRRHESTICE AND COMMAGENE
IV. PHOENICIA
V. SOUTHERN SYRIA
VI. THE RED SEA BASIN AND INDIAN OCEAN
VII. EGYPT
VIII. ALEXANDREIA NEAR EGYPT
IX. CYRENAICA

APPENDICES
ABBREVIATIONS
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF ANCIENT PLACE NAMES
MAPS

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