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This paper examines the role played by kinship (especially mythical) in Hellenistic diplomacy. It... more This paper examines the role played by kinship (especially mythical) in Hellenistic diplomacy. It looks in particular at evidence from Magnesia on the Maeander, Xanthos and Zakynthos. It argues that the purpose of kinship arguments was not so much to persuade as to set a suitable framework for the diplomatic exchange.
Papers of the Leeds International Latin Seminar, 1996
Dialogos Hellenic Studies Review 5, 1998
Historia Y Mito El Pasado Legendario Como Fuente De Autoridad 2004 Isbn 84 7785 625 7 Pags 97 108, 2004
Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2016
This paper examines the role played by kinship (especially mythical) in Hellenistic diplomacy. It... more This paper examines the role played by kinship (especially mythical) in Hellenistic diplomacy. It looks in particular at evidence from Magnesia on the Maeander, Xanthos and Zakynthos. It argues that the purpose of kinship arguments was not so much to persuade as to set a suitable framework for the diplomatic exchange.
Papers of the Leeds International Latin Seminar, 1996
Dialogos Hellenic Studies Review 5, 1998
Historia Y Mito El Pasado Legendario Como Fuente De Autoridad 2004 Isbn 84 7785 625 7 Pags 97 108, 2004
Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2016
Inaugural lecture, University of Edinburgh.
M. Canevaro, A. Erskine, B. Gray and J. Ober, Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science, Edinburgh University Press, 2018
Defines the cutting-edge of scholarship on ancient Greek history employing methods from social sc... more Defines the cutting-edge of scholarship on ancient Greek history employing methods from social science
There is a long history of successful engagement between social science and classical studies. Social science has been a source of new and productive approaches to understanding ancient Greece, while classical Greek history and culture has been a touchstone for social theorists since the 19th century. This new collection of essays surveys the current state of the new field of ‘social science Greek history’ and demonstrates the potential of this interdisciplinary field.
Substantial bodies of work that have contributed in fundamental ways to our understanding of classical Greece and its cultural legacy were produced in 20th century, by employing methods from anthropology, sociology, and psychology. More recently, the use of quantitative methods and formal theory, drawn from contemporary political science, economics, and sociology, has led to a new understanding of ancient Greek economic and political development. Meanwhile, normative considerations, drawn from contemporary political philosophy, have led to a richer understanding of Greek political thought and Greek institutional innovations – notably including democracy and the rule of law.
Introduces a new field within classical studies
Demonstrates the value of robustly interdisciplinary scholarship
Shows the practical value of social science for ancient history
Highlights the importance of Greek case studies for social science
Contributors include Sara Forsdyke, David Lewis, Robert Fleck and Andrew Hanssen
Oxford World's Classics edition containing the Lives of Alexander, Demosthenes, Phocion, Eumenes,... more Oxford World's Classics edition containing the Lives of Alexander, Demosthenes, Phocion, Eumenes, Demetrius, Pyrrhus, Agis and Cleomenes, Aratus, Philopoemen and Flamininus. Translated by Robin Waterfield with introduction and notes by Andrew Erskine.
Rome, Polybius, and the East offers a collection of seventeen of the more important papers writte... more Rome, Polybius, and the East offers a collection of seventeen of the more important papers written by the late Peter Derow, Hody Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Wadham College, Oxford, during the course of his career.
With a detailed introduction by the editors, the papers make up a distinctive and influential body of work—essential reading for anyone interested in Roman imperialism or Polybius, and Rome's rise to Mediterranean power. They include Derow's classic survey articles on the Roman conquest of the East, the great Greek historian Polybius, his investigations of the Roman calendar, and several papers on epigraphy. It also contains a bibliography of Derow's work.
The Classical Review, 1994
The Classical Review, 1990
The Classical Review, 1991
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 2004
The Classical Review, 1998
The Classical Review, 2013
The Classical Review, 1994
The Classical Review, 1994
The Classical Review, 1994
The Classical Review, 1991
The Classical Review, 1992
The Classical Review, 1993
The Classical Review, 1992
The Classical Review, 1997
The Classical Review, 1995
The Classical Review, 2000