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
Publisher Statement
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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Recommended Citation
Stevenson, Walter. Review of Diorthoseis. Beiträge Zur Geschichte Des Hellenismus Und Zum Nachleben Alexanders Des Grossen. BzA, 183., edited by Rüdiger Kinsky. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 3, no. 11 (2005): 1-4.