The Courts of Philip II and Alexander the Great

Monarchy and Power in Ancient Macedonia

Frances Pownall, Sulochana R. Asirvatham, Sabine Müller (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

VIII, 304 Seiten

2023
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-135279-4 (ISBN)

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lt;p>Recent scholarship has recognized that Philip II and Alexander the Great adopted elements of their self-fashioning and court ceremonial from previous empires in the Ancient Near East, but it is generally assumed that the advent of the Macedonian court as a locus of politics and culture occurred only in the post-Alexander landscape of the Hellenistic Successors. This volume of ground-breaking essays by leading scholars on Ancient Macedonia goes beyond existing research questions to assess the profound impact of Philip and Alexander on court culture throughout the ages. The papers in this volume offer a thematic approach, focusing upon key institutional, cultural, social, ideological, and iconographical aspects of the reigns of Philip and Alexander. The authors treat the Macedonian court not only as a historical reality, but also as an object of fascination to contemporary Greeks that ultimately became a topos in later reflections on the lives and careers of Philip and Alexander. This collection of papers provides a paradigm-shifting recognition of the seminal roles of Philip and Alexander in the emergence of a new kind of Macedonian kingship and court culture that was spectacularly successful and transformative.

lt;p>F. Pownall, University of Alberta, Edmonton; S. R. Asirvatham, Montclair State University; S. Müller, Philipps University Marburg.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2023
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	618 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Alexander III., Makedonien, König • Ancient Courts and courtiers • Ancient Kings and Rulers • Ancient Macedonia • Philip and Alexander of Macedon • Philipp II., Makedonien, König
ISBN-10	3-11-135279-X / 311135279X
ISBN-13	978-3-11-135279-4 / 9783111352794
Zustand	Neuware