Abstract

This volume presents five elaborations on lectures given at a seminar for Gerhard Wirth's 75th birthday (December, 2001). Kinsky explains in his terse introduction that the papers are dedicated to revising standard views of Alexander's reception and the history of Hellenism. In this spirit, the title "Diorthoseis" refers to a continuous process of reconstructing ancient history and periodically revising these reconstructions by reassessing all evidence. The breadth of this description fits the essays, but whatever is lost in focus is made up for in clearly formulated issues and engaging syntheses.

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

2005

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Copyright © 2005 Bryn Mawr Classical Review. This book review first appeared in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 3:11 (2005), 1-4.

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