Hellenistic Perspectives: Essays in The History of Greece.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly bleached and stained binding, pencil annotation on title page, otherwise very good and clean. / Leicht verblichener und angeschmutzter Einband, Bleistiftanmerkung auf Titelblatt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: Introduction (John T. A. Koumoulides) -- Contributors -- The Greeks and the Ancient Near East (Jack M. Balcer) -- The Classical Tradition in the Poetry of George Seferis (John E. Rexine) -- The Divine East-Roman Empire (Joseph Gill) -- Islamic Sources for the History of Greek People (Speros Vryonis, Jr.) -- Elite and Popular Culture in Greece under Turkish Rule (Richard Clogg) -- The Orthodox Church of Greece: The Last Fifteen Years (Charles A. Frazee) -- The United Nations and the Problem of Greece and its neighbors 1946-1951 (Sir Edward Peck) -- The Problem of Cyprus (Christopher M. Woodhouse) -- Post-Junta Greece in Historical Perspective (S. Victor Papacosma) -- Internal Migration and the Changing Dowry in Modern Greece (Peter S. Allen). - INTRODUCTION: Early in November 1978 a diverse group of scholars assembled at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, in order to take part in a three-day conference on Greece: Past and Present� Culture and Society. The purpose of the conference was twofold: first, to strengthen our appreciation of the Classical and Byzantine past of Greece; and, second, to help us develop a better understanding of the post-Byzantine and Neohellenic epochs of Greek civilization. Considerable attention was given to post-Byzantine and Neohellenic periods since I believe that although much is known and has been written about the ancient and Byzantine epochs, the post-Byzantine and Neohellenic periods have not been given the proper attention by Greek and non-Greek scholars. The post-Byzantine era is, I believe, very important to the understanding of the modern Greek period which is important for its own accomplishments. The papers read at the conference, in addition to the essay of Sir Edward Peck, are printed in this volume. This volume, therefore, is not a history of Greece, but a collection of essays covering different aspects in the history of Greece. The essays explore aspects covering the ancient, Byzantine, post-Byzantine, and Neohellenic epochs in Greek history. Any conference bringing together scholars from different disciplines and centering upon a country whose history is as long and distinguished as that of Greece hazards having papers which may be Interesting and even distinguished but not coherent. This hazard, I believe, was successfully avoided. Despite the disparate approaches, the lectures proved complementary rather than separate, leading into each other in terms of both chronology and analysis. The literary analysis contained much history; the historical ones relied upon literary and anthropological insights; and the anthropological one used historical data. The total effect was one of successful integration. ISBN 0819111082