Introduction. The three centuries of Greek history between the death of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E. and the rise of Augustus in Rome in 31 B.C.E. are collectively known as ...

Hellenistic Culture The influence of Greek language, philosophy and culture on Jews and early Christians. Harold W. Attridge: The Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament Yale Divinity School ...

social and possibly political life of the Ithacans of Hellenistic-early Roman times, but also with a wider pilgrimage character. "The Municipal Authority, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, ...

Like all art, Hellenistic pottery is a reflection of its time, an invaluable resource for attempting to understand ancient life. Footnotes. On Hellenistic art, see J.J. Pollitt, Art in the Hellenistic ...

Fragmentary Colossal Head of a Youth (Hellenistic period, 2nd century BCE), marble (© SMB / Antikensammlung) A couple of ancient giants are extending their American debut by two years.

Archaeologists have been excavating at the site of Floga in Paroikía, on the Cycladic island of Paros in Greece, where evidence of artisanal activities had already emerged in the 1980s.The systematic ...

The sculpture dates back to the Hellenistic period between 323 B.C. and 31 B.C. Authorities in Greece are investigating after a 2,000-year-old marble statue was discovered wrapped in a trash bag ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in Jerusalem 2,300 years ago.