The Splendors and Miseries of Ruling Alone : Encounters with Monarchy from Archaic Greece to the Hellenistic Mediterranean

by: Luraghi, N.

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Monarchy, that is, a political order characterized by a single ruler, is an understudied aspect of Greek politics and culture. The contributors to this book provide a unified scholarly framework in which to interpret the sociological as well as the ideological side of monarchic regimes from archaic Greek tyranny to Hellenistic monarchy in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. Taking their cue from Hans-Joachim Gehrke's essay on the victorious king, published here in an updated English translation, the contributors bring to the surface common trends and features that make it possible to sketch an integrated history of monarchic rule in ancient Greece from the Archaic to the Hellenistic age. Topics of contributions include the image of the archaic tyrant as legitimate and illegitimate ruler, the rhetoric of Hellenistic monarchy outlined in philosophical treatises on monarchy, the impact of the rise of Hellenistic monarchy on pre-existing political orders such as tyranny in Sicily and dual monarchy in Sparta, and the influence of this ideological model on political traditions in Anatolia and Palestine in the Late Hellenistic period.
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"This book is highly recommended to anyone interested in the transformations and different forms of ancient monarchies in a more detailed manner and especially in the Hellenistic period."
Jasmin Lukkari, Arctos 50, 2016

Dieser Band wurde außerdem rezensiert von:
Carlo Franco, Athenaeum 105, 2017/1

Stefan Rebenich, Historische Zeitschrift 301, 2015

Jean A. Straus, L?Antiquité Classique 84, 2015

CONTENTS
1. Ruling alone:
Monarchy in Greek Politics and Thought .................................................. 11
Nino Luraghi
2. The Victorious Tyrant:
Hieron of Syracuse in the Epinicia of Pindar and Bacchylides.................. 25
Christian Mann
3. To Die like a Tyrant ................................................................................... 49
Nino Luraghi
4. The Victorious King:
Reflections on the Hellenistic Monarchy ................................................... 73
Hans-Joachim Gehrke
5. Agathocles and Hiero II:
Two Sole Rulers in the Hellenistic Age and the Question of Succession .. 99
Matthias Haake
6. Becoming Kings:
Spartan Basileia in the Hellenistic Period .................................................. 129
D. Alexander Walthall
7. Writing down the King:
The Communicative Function of Treatises On Kingship in
the Hellenistic Period ................................................................................. 165
Matthias Haake
8. The Castrated King,
or: The Everyday Monstrosity of Late Hellenistic Kingship ..................... 207
Ulrich Gotter
9. Between Hellenistic Monarchy and Jewish Theocracy:
The Contested Legitimacy of Hasmonean Rule ......................................... 231
Kai Trampedach
Index nominum ............................................................................................... 263
Index locorum ................................................................................................. 273

The Splendors and Miseries of Ruling Alone : Encounters with Monarchy from Archaic Greece to the Hellenistic Mediterranean

by: Luraghi, N.

• ISBN-13: 9783515102599 / 978-3-515-10259-9
• ISBN-03: 3515102590 / 3-515-10259-0
• Franz Steiner, Stuttgart, 2019