CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Antigonid Dynasty, Koinon, Polis
13 May 2016
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Death of alexander in 323, at babylon, aged 32. By 275, ptolemaic egypt (ptolemy i), seleucid asia (seleucucs i), antigonid. Abandonment by successors of alexander"s experiments in cultural hybridization, in favour of colonial rule. Dependence on and use by the kings of greek soldiers and colonists. Greek culture as the exclusive possession of colonial rulers. Seleucid israel: tension between elite hellenized jews and traditionalists. 168/7: antiochus iv bans jewish sacrifice, circumcision, sabbaths, and feasts. Hellenic culture chauvinism and jewish religious chauvinism (monotheism) Tolerance and openness of polytheism (e. g. isis-aphrodite) In religion, hellenistic kings wore a native rather than only greek face. Kings" patronage of native religion, temples and priests. Drawing the priestly elite into colonial rule. Ptolemaic alexandria: pharos lighthouse, museum (muses, library. Old greece: struggle between macedonian hegemony and greek autonomy. New powers of greece: confederated states: aetolian league and achaean.
