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Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Seventh Edition
Marvin Perry, Baruch College, City University of New York, Emeritus
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Chapter 5: The Hellenistic Age
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What were the basic differences between the Hellenic Age and the Hellenistic Age?
- How did Alexander the Great contribute to the shaping of the Hellenistic Age?
- What forms did Hellenistic cosmopolitanism take?
- Who were the important figures of Hellenistic literature? For what works are they best-known, and what themes did they explore?
- How did Hellenistic art differ from earlier Greek art?
- What place did Alexandria occupy in the Hellenistic world? What institutions exemplified that position?
- In what ways did Hellenistic science stand at the threshold of the modern world?
- What problems concerned Hellenistic philosophers?
- What were the Epicurean, Stoic, Skeptic, and Cynic prescriptions for achieving happiness?
- What was the enduring significance of Stoicism?
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