Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires : : The Near East After the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 BCE /

Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires : : The Near East After the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 BCE / / Rolf Strootman.

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The first complete study of royal courts in the post-Achaemenid Near EastRolf Strootman brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. During the Hellenistic Period (c. 330-30 BCE), Alexander the Great and his successors reshaped their Pe...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Strootman, Rolf,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2014
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia : ESAP
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.) :; 31 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • The Hellenistic Dynasties
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Introduction: Court and Empire in the Hellenistic Near East
  • PART I Setting the Scene
  • 1 The Court as an Instrument of Power
  • 2 The Theatre of Royalty
  • 3 The Royal Palace: A Stage for Royal Rituals
  • PART II The Court as a Socio-Political System
  • 4 The Royal Household
  • 5 Court Society
  • 6 Royal Pages
  • 7 Social Dynamics
  • 8 Hierarchy and Conflict
  • PART III Ceremonial and Ritual
  • 9 Ceremonial and Protocol
  • 10 Death and Resurrection: Inauguration Ritual
  • 11 The Royal Entry
  • 12 Royal Processions: Enacting the Myth of Empire
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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