[publicclassics] New book on the Hellenistic Court

[Andrew Erskine]

Andrew Erskine, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Shane Wallace (eds),
The Hellenistic Court: Monarchic Power and Elite Society from  
Alexander to Cleopatra,
Classical Press of Wales, 2017
ISBN 978-1-910589-62-5

Contents
PART I: DEVELOPMENT
1 Court, Kingship, and Royal Style in the Early Hellenistic Period,  
Shane Wallace
2 At Home with Royalty: Constructing the Hellenistic Palace, Janett  
Morgan
3 The Seleucid and Achaemenid Court: Continuity or Change? David Engels

PART II
LIFE AT COURT
4 Βίος αὐλικός: The Multiple Ways of Life of Courtiers in  
the Hellenistic Age, Ivana Savalli-Lestrade
5 Eunuchs, Renegades and Concubines: The ‘Paradox of Power’ and the  
Promotion of Favourites in the Hellenistic Empires, Rolf Strootman
6 Callimachus, Theocritus and Ptolemaic Court Etiquette, Ivana Petrovic

PART III: MARRIAGE
7 Symbol and Ceremony: Royal Weddings in the Hellenistic Age, Sheila  
Ager
8 Once a Seleucid, Always a Seleucid: Seleucid Princesses and their  
Nuptial Courts, Alex McAuley

PART IV: BEYOND THE PALACE
9 In the Mirror of Hetairai. Tracing Aspects of the Interaction  
between Polis Life and Court Life in the Early Hellenistic Age, Kostas  
Buraselis
10 Image and Communication in the Seleucid Kingdom: the King, the  
Court and the Cities, Paola Ceccarelli
11 Outside the Capital: the Ptolemaic Court and its Courtiers, Dorothy  
J. Thompson
12 Courting the Public: the Attalid Court and Domestic Display, Craig  
Hardiman

PART V: CROSSING CULTURES
13 Hellenistic Patronage and the non-Greek World, Erich Gruen
14 Bithynia and Cappadocia: Royal Courts and Ruling Society in the  
Minor Hellenistic Monarchies, Oleg Gabelko
15 Deserving the Court’s Trust: Jews in Ptolemaic Egypt, Livia Capponi

PART VI: DISLOYALTY AND DEATH
16 Misconduct and Disloyalty in the Seleucid Court, Peter Franz Mittag
17 The Hands of Gods? Poison and Power in the Hellenistic Court,  
Stephanie Winder
18 The Royal Court in Ancient Macedonia: the Evidence from Tombs, Olga  
Palagia