- Alexander the Great, Hellenistic Greece, Hellenistic History, Alexander Romance, Xenophon, Achaemenid History, and 11 moreAchaemenid Persia, Greco-Persian Wars, Tissaphernes, Ancient Near East, Ancient History, Philip II of Macedonia, Classical Greece, Ancient Olympic Games, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, and Greek Epigraphyedit
- I graduated from the Ancient History graduate Group at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017 after receiving a BA in General History and Political Science and an MA in Ancient ... moreI graduated from the Ancient History graduate Group at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017 after receiving a BA in General History and Political Science and an MA in Ancient History from the University of Haifa, Israel. I am interested in political history, in particular Greco-Persian relations in the Classical and Late Classical periods, the administrative apparatus of the Achaemenid Empire, and the history of Ancient Macedon.edit
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The purpose of the present study is to analyze how certain elements in the episode in which Alexander the Great participates in the Olympic Games, according to the Greek Alexander-Romance, reflect a favorable portrayal of the Olympic... more
The purpose of the present study is to analyze how certain elements in the episode in which Alexander the Great participates in the Olympic Games, according to the Greek Alexander-Romance, reflect a favorable portrayal of the Olympic Games. Accordingly, I argue that this episode expresses one of the ways through which the organizers of the Olympic festival grappled with new challenges which arose during the Hellenistic Period.
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In the present study I argue against the hypothesis that the impetus for Cimon’s Eurymedon campaign in the early-460s BC was a Persian design to launch an offensive against the Greeks. The Athenians, I maintain, sent Cimon to... more
In the present study I argue against the hypothesis that the impetus for Cimon’s Eurymedon campaign in the early-460s BC was a Persian design to launch an offensive against the Greeks. The Athenians, I maintain, sent Cimon to south-western Anatolia in order to justify the existence of the Delian League and by extension Athens’ demand for ships, men, and tribute. Furthermore, all indications point out that the Persian forces Cimon engaged at the Eurymedon did not constitute an invasion force but local contingents gathered by the satraps of Anatolia in order to ward off the Greek invaders.
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In what follows I demonstrate that the disagreements between the accounts of Thucydides, Diodorus, and Ctesias on the Athenian expedition to Egypt in the 450s BC are of minor significance and that Ctesias provides valuable information... more
In what follows I demonstrate that the disagreements between the accounts of Thucydides, Diodorus, and Ctesias on the Athenian expedition to Egypt in the 450s BC are of minor significance and that Ctesias provides valuable information which allows a more complete reconstruction of the Athenian involvement in the Egyptian rebellion.
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This dissertation explores the extent to which Persian policies in the western satrapies originated from the provincial capitals in the Anatolian periphery rather than from the royal centers in the Persian heartland in the fifth century... more
This dissertation explores the extent to which Persian policies in the western satrapies originated from the provincial capitals in the Anatolian periphery rather than from the royal centers in the Persian heartland in the fifth century BC. I begin by establishing that the Persian administrative apparatus was a product of a grand reform initiated by Darius I, which was aimed at producing a more uniform and centralized administrative infrastructure. In the following chapter I show that the provincial administration was embedded with chancellors, scribes, secretaries and military personnel of royal status and that the satrapies were periodically inspected by the Persian King or his loyal agents, which allowed to central authorities to monitory the provinces. In chapter three I delineate the extent of satrapal authority, responsibility and resources, and conclude that the satraps were supplied with considerable resources which enabled to fulfill the duties of their office. After the po...