CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Hellenistic Period, Melodrama, Pergamon Altar
13 May 2016
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Hellenistic period = 323-27 bc (death of alexander the great until the principle of augustus in rome). Archaeology of hellenistic age is fragmentary & regional. Coinage is very important in the hellenisitic period, many photos of kings have been identified by comparing them to the coinage. In order to maintain power authority and control, many of. Alexander"s successors model themselves after him so the public respects them. Coin- goddess of victory on one side and anigonus on the other side. He also has a hairstyle that follows alexander the great. There are macedonians that have deposited themselves in different places and made themselves king. He inserts himself in the 2500 year tradition of the pharaoh. Egypt has very little change comparted to many cultures. There is usually a hyrogliph so you can know who it is. The native language continues to be written and spoken but if you move up in the middle class you have to learn greek.
