A World War II veteran of the Infantry, he earned a Bronze Star with Cluster and a Purple Heart with Cluster for his participation on the Battle of the Bulge. A World War II veteran of the Infantry, he earned a Bronze Star with Cluster and a Purple Heart with Cluster for his participation on the Battle of the Bulge. Readings and translations by Martha Klironomos (English and Modern Greek Studies, San Francisco State University). Charbonneaux, Jean, Jean Martin and Roland Villard. Orinda Library, Orinda Alexandria: Jewel of Egypt. Ed. One poet writes of two women discussing why one of their husbands has vanished. They collected copies of classical writers, collated them, and came up with a text that was as close as they could get to the original material. The third era of ancient Greek history was the Hellenistic Age when the Greek language and culture spread throughout the Mediterranean world. Diaspora: Jews Among Greeks and Romans. Eighty percent of our ancient literature would not exist without the Alexandrian Library, which is a staggering legacy to the Western World. Reading the Pharmaceutria, an idyll by Theocritus, a belief in magical spells is easily seen: The Greeks who went to Alexandria were also very open-minded about the local gods, and a strange synthesis emerged in Greek Egypt. Professor Jameson has lived, taught, and traveled extensively in the Near East and Africa and has led study groups to Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Iran, India, China, and Southeast Asia and continues to lecture and write on African and Asian cultures and on the history of libraries. Berkeley, Los Angeles: U. of California Press, 1993. David, Rosalie. Berkeley, Los Angeles: U. of California Press, 2003. Cavafy’s Alexandria. From 1984 to 1990 he was President of the Association of Ancient Historians. What roles did scholar-poets like Callimachus or Apollonius play in shaping the culture of the early city? Ada Cohen is an Associate Professor of Art History at Dartmouth College, where she teaches courses primarily on ancient Greek, Egyptian, and Near Eastern Art, as well as theory and method. Hellenistic Culture in Alexandria As a result of Alexander’s policies, a vibrant new culture emerged. This list is for those who would like to do a little background research for the upcoming program about Alexander and Alexandria, but don’t have much time. There has been a large community of Greeks in Egypt, also known as Egyptiotes (Greek: Αιγυπτιώτες), from the Hellenistic period until the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution of 1952, when most were forced to leave. The originals would be kept by him and the copies given to the owners. Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend. Unreal City. PLAY. Pharos: A Lighthouse for Alexandria. Secondary Sources Alexander the Great. Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 BC: A Historical Biography. —. Presented by Stanford University Libraries The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, 300 BC-AD 700. Alexander wanted to create a city that was a … He is the author of In the Shadow of Olympus. The Hellenistic Age was the period of Greek Culture between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, when the Roman Empire absorbed Greece and other parts of the Greek world around 31 BC or 27 BC. A Look at Aristotle's Physics II. Cambridge: Cambridge U. Sunday January 24, 2010 Hellenistic Alexandria: Celebrating 24 Centuries. by Daniel Mendelsohn. Thursday, February 11, 2010 His awards include UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award; Guggenheim, Getty, and American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships; and the Wittenborn and Association of American Publishers awards for hisGreek Sculpture: An Exploration (1990). Stevens, Susan. Humanities Interactive, Texas Commonwealth Club of San Francisco The top minds of the day could concentrate on their research without having to worry about going to war or how to feed themselves. Canfora, Luciano. Alexandria’s scholars preserve Greek & Egyptian learning in the sciences, astronomy, math & physics. 2:00 pm – 6 pm But Alexander did not live long enough to see his well-planned city reach its phenomenal heights. Orinda Library, Orinda 5:30 pm Reception, 6:00 pm Salon Dr. Janet Johnson (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago) $15 for non-members. —. Hellenistic Judaism was a form of Judaism in classical antiquity that combined Jewish religious tradition with elements of Greek culture. He also wrote a book called Characters at the Museum, which seems to be the first work of psychology. Hellenistic monarchs like Ptolemy were very greedy and ruthless. Moderator: William S. Greenwalt Drifting Cities, transl. Musee du Petit Palais. The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies affiliated to Academic Research sector at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in Cooperation with the Alexandria Center for maritime archaeology and underwater culture heritage affiliated to Faculty of Arts - Alexandria University and the Alexandria National Museum affiliated to the ministry of Tourism, and Antiquities. Jewish Culture in Alexandria: The Hebrew Bible in Greek Portsmouth, NH: Back Channel Press, 2009. Press, 1989. Box 546 Among these was the establishment of their dynastic legitimacy among different domestic constituencies while simultaneously facing international challenges. Selected Resources, Compiled by Susan Petrakis, PhD. Fox, Robin Lane. There are, of course, innumerable biographies of Alexander the Great, but if you are looking for a short, readable, and lavishly illustrated introduction to his life and historical impact, try Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods by Alan Fildes and Joann Fletcher (Paperback, 2004; 176pp). (Paperback, 2002; 158 pp.) What was an advantage of its usage? Keynote Address — and Laura Foreman. Fraser, P.M. Cities of Alexander the Great. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853. Faces of Power: Alexander’s Image and Hellenistic Politics. Penguin Classics, 1999. The Library of Alexandria was constructed at the city of Alexandria in Egypt, a planned city on the banks of the Mediterranean Sea in the satrapy of Egypt by Alexander III the Great that was to be the capital of his new Hellenistic Empire. Martha Klironomos, Professor of English and Modern Greek Studies, is the Director of the Center for Modern Greek Studies, the Nikos Kazantzakis Chair, at San Francisco State University where she has been teaching courses in Modern Greek language and literature as well as Comparative and English literature courses since 1996. One of the main attractions was the Alexandrian Library and Museum. 7:00 pm Alexandria: Jewel of Egypt by Jean-Yves Empereur (part of the excellent Discoveries series) provides a concise, but richly illustrated, overview of Alexandria’s history from its founding in 331 BCE to its modern role as Egypt’s second city and includes selected extracts from historical documents and literary sources. NY: Penguin Group, 2006. Alexandria was the intellectual capital of the world and famous for its extensive library, which in the 3rd century BC was said to contain 500,000 volumes. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great himself in 331 BCE and very quickly became the center of commerce and culture of the Hellenistic world under the Ptolemies. Presented by Stanford University Libraries, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Synthesis and Panel Discussion with all Presenters and Written Questions from the Audience, Presenters After the Battle of Ipsus, it became evident that the great Hellenistic monarchs were destined to share in Alexander's conquests. Alexandria was an important city of the ancient world. —. Instead, they preferred to pay large sums of money for any books they could buy in hopes they were authentic. Alexander asked his engineers to plan a city in his name at the site. Other Links to Egypt Sites Rich citizens and Hellenistic kings wanted to have sculptors working for them. Transl. As Alexander’s Empire dissolved and the Ptolemies established their control over Egypt and a few outlying areas, they were faced with many daunting challenges. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust Publications, 2005. McLeod, Roy (ed). For more than two thousand years, it was the largest city in Egypt and was its capital for almost half of that time. The Hellenistic Age. In Theocritus' idyll, The Festival of Adonis, Alexandria is said to be exhausting: One can also read about a man who had killed a cat and before the day was over, was dead and his house burnt to the ground. Many had come from small, rural areas and no longer had to be concerned with the political or military aspects of their poli. Erich S. Gruen, Gladys Rehard Wood Professor of History and Classics, UC Berkeley (PhD Harvard) was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, twice a Guggenheim Fellow, Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and Visiting Fellow at Merton College, Oxford. Discovering Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust Publications, 2005. Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius. The Emergence of Macedon (Princeton, 1990, 1992),Makedonika: Essays by Eugene N. Borza (Association of Ancient Historians, 1995), and Before Alexander: Constructing Early Macedonia (Association of Ancient Historians, 1999). London, NY: Routledge, 2004. The city of Alexandria was the focus of this Hellenistic period. He is the author of historical works on libraries and the Orthodox Church and monasteries and is researching a book on the history of the Nicene Creed and on the history and lore of the camel. The Greek World After Alexander, 323-30 BC. Hellenistic monarchs such as the Ptolemies supported trade by projects like the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria. His most famous was written in four books and was entitled Argonautica, "making him the first poet to use romantic love as the central theme for an epic poem." She is the author of The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat, and co-editor of and contributor to Constructions of Childhood in Ancient Greece and Italy. But we do know that men like Aristophanes of Byzantium worked there and spent his life reading and re-reading every book in the library. Hellenistic Culture in Alexandria As a result of Alexander’s policies, a vibrant new culture emerged. NY: Pantheon, 1975, 2001. (26) The attractions of the city were intoxicating and some did not want to leave; but it was also a very dangerous and unpredictable place. Our topic this time is Alexandria, Egypt. Hellenistic Architecture The Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose The Lighthouse of Alexandria, destroyed by an earthquake in 1300 AD., was one of the Seven Wonders of the World and His style was not elegant, and as a result, was not preserved in its entirety, but we still have six books more or less intact. B. Tauris, revised edition, 2005. 7:00 pm Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander. NY: Henry N. Abrams, 2002. Alexander’s Pictorial Legacy Transl. (38) If Macedonian rulers set out to prove they were as culturally advanced as the Athenians were, it seems likely they also tried to lure the most important intellectuals away from them. When he freed the aristocracy, they welcomed him as their Pharaoh, a very great honour. She previously held an appointment as Assistant Professor in Modern Greek literature at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, from 1994-1996 and was a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at the Seferis Chair at Harvard University from 1993-1994. This talk will discuss some of the cultural strategies of the early Ptolemies, and, a few of their ramifications. Worthington, Ian. Hellenistic Culture is the blending of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian elements. The Alexandria Greco-Roman Museum: A Thematic Guide. Stoneman, Richard. Hammond, N. G. L. The Macedonian State: Origins, Institutions, and History. Transl. The Emergence of Macedon (Princeton, 1990, 1992),Makedonika: Essays by Eugene N. Borza (Association of Ancient Historians, 1995), and Before Alexander: Constructing Early Macedonia (Association of Ancient Historians, 1999). Press, 1995. Post-Program Salon Among his publications are numerous articles about the history and archaeology of ancient Macedonia, and the history and historiography of Alexander the Great. Or simply time itself? Lycophron's most famous was a two thousand line epic called Alexandra, which had multiple allusions to mythological characters and events. Sponsored by Humanities West Partner, American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter Greek (also known as Hellenic) culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influ- ences. Penguin Classics, 1987. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2005. He retired after forty-two years of academic teaching (Byzantine, Near Eastern, African history) and administration at Harvard, where he was Senior Tutor, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Assistant Vice Chancellor. Alexandria’s attractions include the Pharos lighthouse, museum, art galleries, zoo, huge library, etc… Alexandria’s strategic location makes it a prosperous trading location & a populous city. neurosciences, Hellenistic period, Alexandria, neurophilosophy, erasistratus, herophilus Editorial The Hellenistic Erais a three century period of Mediterranean History, starting from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and lasting tothe final domination of Rome in 31 BC, after the battle of Action. Travels in Asia and Africa. Ancient Greek Novels: The Fragments (with Jack Winkler, 1995); Seeing Double: Intercultural Poetics in Ptolemaic Alexandria(2003); Classics and National Cultures (With Phiroze Vasunia) will appear this year. He is a member of Harvard’s Graduate Council and a trustee of the William Saroyan Foundation. 1993. Two things are certain about Alexander the Great. Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Getting Ready for Alexandria. It was the Hellenized/Gentilized Jewish philosophy typified by St. Paul and Philo of Alexandria - the fusion of Jewish and Greek thought - that formed the basis of modern Christianity, through Clement and St. The excellent port and dock facilities were the foundation of all his prosperity, with two harbours capable of accommodating the largest ships of the day. In Alexandria, Archimedes the mathematician and astronomer, discovered specific gravity and did a lot of work on hydraulics, inventing the hydraulic pump. The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat. Another example of fine architectural grandeur and indicative of affluence, both in wealth and culture, lies in the great Hellenistic city of Pergamon, in Asia Minor. Koine (koy•NAY), the popular spoken language used in Hellenistic cities, was the direct result of He specializes in ancient Greek art and archaeology, the Greeks in the East both before and after Alexander the Great, and the Renaissance and later reception of Greek and Roman sculpture. Publications include editions of literary and documentary papyri belonging to the Oxyrhynchus (P.Oxy. Its Great Library and Museum and its Lighthouse— Shipley, Graham. 5:30pm Reception, 6pm Lecture Even though historians have largely neglected that era (a period longer than the existence of the United States of America), Alexandria in that time became the capital of Egypt, its major port, and then the major center of the widespread Hellenistic civilization lasting for one thousand years, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641. Her current project is on beauty and ugliness in ancient Greece. Introduction: Patricia Lundberg and Moderator William Greenwalt’s Overview of Program It was created during an age characterized by a strong sense of history. Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians, No. Burn, Lucilla. Galen also tells the amusing anecdote of Ptolemy asking unsuspecting Athenians if he could borrow the original standardized texts of their tragedies by Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus, so he could have them copied. Regina Press, 1995. Hellenistic Alexandria: Celebrating 24 Centuries The Hellenistic periodwitnessed many achievements and contributions in all fields of knowledge that have greatly added to human thought and to the culmination of modern science, culture and civilization in general. "(44) But one man epitomized the extent to which Alexandrian poetry went to impress its readers. (16) Exports were the foundation of wealth for the Ptolemaic or Lagid dynasty - Egyptian exports, as well as raw materials discovered in other parts of Africa. NY: Pantheon, 1975, 2001. Borza, Eugene N. Makedonika, Essays by Eugene N. Borza. Alexandria: Jewel of Egypt by Jean-Yves Empereur (part of the excellent Discoveries series) provides a concise, but richly illustrated, overview of Alexandria’s history from its founding in 331 BCE to its modern role as Egypt’s second city and includes selected extracts from historical documents and literary sources. —. Cambridge: Cambridge U. Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Founded by Alexander in his conquest of the eastern Mediterranean and ruled by a line of his successors, the Ptolemies, Alexandria was the city from which Greeks now ruled over the land of the pharaohs. Press, (forthcoming). "(33) The library was founded by Ptolemy I, but his contribution was overshadowed by the magnificence of his son, Philadelphus.(34). The Alexandria Greco-Roman Museum: A Thematic Guide. The Hellenistic religions became the building blocks of Christianity.(21). Our topic this time is Alexandria, Egypt. "(36) Books were mostly purchased at huge book markets in places like Athens and Rhodes. To understand the importance of Alexandria in Hellenistic Egypt, one would have to imagine taking a walking tour of the city during the reign of the Pharaoh Ptolemy II, around 250 B.C. Mention should also be made of Apollonius of Perga (a city in modern-day southern Turkey) whose late 3rd Century BCE work on geometry (and, in particular, on conics and conic sections) was very influential on later European mathematicians. De Selincourt, Aubrey (transl). The sheer amounts of knowledge collected and uncovered on Alexander's journeys opened up a whole world of facts. As a result of Alexander’s policies, a vibrant new culture emerged. Her current project is on beauty and ugliness in ancient Greece. His job was to produce texts on comedies, but he also wrote poetry. Cambridge, NY: Cambridge U. P.O. Publications include editions of literary and documentary papyri belonging to the Oxyrhynchus (P.Oxy. For reservations click here. Greek (also known as Hellenic) culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences.This blending became known as Hellenistic culture. 595 Market Street, San Francisco (10) In the Hellenistic age, we get a sense of universalism in politics and a corresponding sense of individualism as the world expanded, and was linked by a common language (Greek koine). The kings offered little patronage to philosophers. The National Center for Documentation of Cultural and National Heritage (CULTNAT), 2003. —. He retired after forty-two years of academic teaching (Byzantine, Near Eastern, African history) and administration at Harvard, where he was Senior Tutor, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Assistant Vice Chancellor. Press, 1989. Although science eventually became fossilized under the Stoics, when scientific discoveries were frowned upon, the invention and creation of those Alexandrian machines were destined to play a great role in the Industrial Revolution of the future. Travels in Asia and Africa. —. The scientific contributions of the Museum were far-reaching: history, applied science, mathematics, optics, psychology, applied medicine, botany, hydraulics, engineering, and mechanics. Thursday, February 4, 2010 Cambridge: Cambridge U. Pollard, Justin and Howard Reid. She previously held an appointment as Assistant Professor in Modern Greek literature at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, from 1994-1996 and was a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at the Seferis Chair at Harvard University from 1993-1994. Press, 2008. They would not, however, give up their own religion, nor could they accept the prevailing Hellenistic culture with its … The Nature of Alexander the Great. Forster, E. M. Alexandria, A History and A Guide. Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. The Museum was a center of research, with laboratories and observatories, and had scholars such as Euclid and Eratosthenes working there. Jewish Culture. Alexandria hosted the tomb of Alexander the Great Two lectures by Dr. Ismail Serageldin McLeod, Roy (ed). Hellenistic philosophy stressed the private individual's search for happiness, with the Cynics emphasizing animal satisfaction and the Stoics emphasizing reason. Eugene N. Borza (History, Pennsylvania State University). A native of Greece, she received her BA from Brandeis University and her MA and PhD from Harvard University. The emphasis is on resources that are concise, easily accessible in a variety of formats, and aimed at a general (rather than scholarly) audience. 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