CLST 335 Lecture 13: Lecture13
15 Mar 2017
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In hellenistic period the kings and their states were dominant forces in high politics of. New ideologies and institutions were developed to express dominance of the kings: this helped to justify their power and express their place in the world. Hellenistic kings like to appear as exceptional people and larger than life so their portraits reflect this. Where local tradition of royal power existed, hellenistic kings developed innovative strategies building on previous traditions: even in egypt and babylon, the king used a blend of local and greek concepts of kingship, example. Even though ptolemy acts like a pharaoh, he does(cid:374)"t (cid:374)e(cid:272)essaril(cid:455) do everything how it was done previously, as he is marrying greek and egyptian traditions. Ee(cid:373)s like a (cid:272)o(cid:374)tradi(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of ter(cid:373)s (cid:894)traditio(cid:374)s are fi(cid:454)ed are(cid:374)"t the(cid:455)? (cid:895: yes, but they evolve, this is a large reason for why we study history to see how traditions have changed.
