Ventures into Greek history
By: edited by Ian Worthington.
Contributors: Worthington, Ian.; Hammond, N. G. L. 1907-
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
Subjects: Greece -- History -- Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C. -- Historiography.; Macedonia -- History -- To 168 B.C. -- Historiography.; Greece -- Antiquities.; Macedonia -- Antiquities.; Greece -- History -- Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C.; Macedonia -- History -- To 168 B.C.
Description: This is a collection of essays by seventeen international scholars, dedicated to Professor Nicholas Hammond. The scope of the book is fourth-century Greek and Macedonian history, archaeology, and source studies, and is divided into these three sections.

Sources studied include Thucydides, Diodorus Siculus, Arrian, and Polybius; a new archaeological site with plates is presented, as is a hitherto unpublished krater from Macedonia, and the use of numismatic evidence is used to discuss the earlier Argead monarchy in a novel and important way. Historical essays centre on Philip II's diplomacy; a new interpretation of the controversy surrounding Alexander the Great's request for deification; Antipater, a long neglected figure; a new evaluation of the Greek attitude to Macedonian hegemony; Agis III, and important and new implications for Macedonian manpower; and even Xenophon's exile.

The essays represent the most recent contributions to scholarship in these areas, and exhibit a freshness in style making both appealing and important reading.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-397) and index.
"Dedicated to Nicholas G.L. Hammond"--P. v.