Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Per mia madre, presente sempre nel suo vigilc amore
- Preface
- 1 The Greeks and their neighbours in the Hellenistic world
- 2 Polybius and Posidonius
- 3 The Celts and the Greeks
- 4 The Hellenistic discovery of Judaism
- 5 Greeks, Jews and Romans from Antiochus III to Pompey
- 6 Iranians and Greeks
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Names
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Per mia madre, presente sempre nel suo vigilc amore
- Preface
- 1 The Greeks and their neighbours in the Hellenistic world
- 2 Polybius and Posidonius
- 3 The Celts and the Greeks
- 4 The Hellenistic discovery of Judaism
- 5 Greeks, Jews and Romans from Antiochus III to Pompey
- 6 Iranians and Greeks
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Names
Summary
The substance of this book was presented as the Trevelyan Lectures in the University of Cambridge in May 1973 and in a revised form as the A. Flexner Lectures at Bryn Mawr College in February–March 1974. I have retained the lecture form and only added a bibliography to each chapter. My aim was to stimulate discussion on an important subject without indulging in speculations.
I owe much gratitude to the two institutions which invited and received me so generously. In Cambridge I found myself among old friends: at Bryn Mawr I gained new ones. It was a happy time in both places. I should like to thank especially Professors Owen Chadwick and M. I. Finley of Cambridge, President Wofford, Professor Agnes Michels and Professor Russell Scott of Bryn Mawr.
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- Alien WisdomThe Limits of Hellenization, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1975