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Hellenistic Civilization and the Rise of Rome
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The Changing Framework of Politics
- The Hellenistic monarchies
- The rise of Rome
- The nature of government
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The Tenor of Life
- The experiences of women
- Urban life
- Roman values
Pietas
Gravitas
Constantia
Magnitudo anime
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Hellenistic Cultures
- Drama and literature
New Comedy: Menander
Alexandrianism: Theocritus and Apollonius
Age of Cicero
- Philosophy and religion
Cynicism
Skepticism
Epicureanism
Skepticism
Fate and the mystery cults
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Philosophy in the Hellenistic Age
- Cynicism
- Skepticism
- Epicureanism
- Stoicism
- True freedom arises from realizing that if one wants nothing, then one will never lack anything
- Nothing can be known for certain; question all ideas
- Only the atoms and void exist; pleasure is the highest good; death is final in its extinction of consciousness; the gods play no active role in human affairs
- The world is governed by the divine logos, or reason, or nature; wisdom and freedom consist of living in harmony with the logos
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Slice of Life:
Street Scene in Hellenistic Egypt
- Theocritus, from Idylls, third century BCE
In Hellenistic Egypt, two society matrons, Gorgo and Praxinoa, each with her maid in tow, make their way through the crowded streets of Alexandria on their way to the palace of Ptolemy II to hear a singer perform at the festival of Adonis.
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Chief Roman Gods and Goddesses and their Greek Counterparts
- Roman
Jupiter
Juno
Neptune
Pluto
Vesta
Apollo
Diana
Mars
Venus
Vulcan
Minerva
Mercury
- Greek
Zeus
Hera
Poseidon
Hades
Hestia
Apollo
Artemis
Ares
Aphrodite
Hephaestus
Athena
Hermes
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Hellenistic Cultures
- Science and technology
Aristarchus
Eratosthenes
Euclid
Archimedes
Roman military technology
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Encounter:
The Invention of Parchment and the Birth of the Secular Library
The Hellenistic kingdom of Pergamum in northwestern Anatolia (modern Turkey) gave birth to an improved technology for writing surfaces—parchment—and a new civic institution—the secular library. Both achievements played a defining role in the heritage of the West.
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Hellenistic Cultures
- Architecture
The Corinthian temple
The altar
- Sculpture
Rhodian school
Genre subjects
Neoclassicism
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The Legacy of the Hellenistic World
- Urbanism
- Cosmopolitanism
- Science and philosophy
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