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Alien Wisdom: The Limits of Hellenization

By Arnaldo Momigliano

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0521387612, 9780521387613
Open Library ID
OL7739018M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (22997775 bytes)
Pages
183\183
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

In this classic study of cultural confrontation Professor Momigliano examines the Greeks' attitude toward the contemporary civilizations of the Romans, Celts, Jews, and Persians. Analyzing cultural and intellectual interaction from the fourth through the first centuries B.C., Momigliano argues that in the Hellenistic period the Greeks, Romans, and Jews enjoyed an exclusive special relationship that guaranteed their lasting dominance of Western civilization.

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