The Courts of Philip II and Alexander the Great

Monarchy and Power in Ancient Macedonia
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-11-135279-4
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 466 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Scholars of Classics, Ancient History, Political Science and Cult

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pownall, Frances

Müller, Sabine

Asirvatham, Sulochana R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

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