Accommodating the Individual : : Identity and Control after Alexander / / Henry Heitmann-Gordon.
How did the Greeks respond to the experiences of uncertainty that they so acutely made in the aftermath of Alexander the Great's world-changing conquest of the Persian Empire? How were old values upheld and reshaped? And how did the societies of Greek cities and royal courts accommodate the ove...
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