Book cover for The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation by Roger S. Bagnall and Peter Derow

The Hellenistic Period

Historical Sources in Translation

2003 Released
352 Pages
5-7 Hours
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Wiley-BlackwellISBN 9781405101332

This book presents in translation 175 of the most revealing documents that have survived on stone and papyrus from the Hellenistic period.


  • Presents over 150 sources in translation.
  • Captures the political, social, economic and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities.
  • Covers the entire Hellenistic world, with extensive coverage of the Ptolemaic kingdom.

Roger S. Bagnall

Roger S. Bagnall is Professor of Ancient History and Director at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University and the author most recently of Early Christian Books in Egypt.

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