Athens and Macedon - Hellenistic Culture and Society by Stephen V Tracy Hardcover

About the Book

"In this new work Stephen Tracy continues to demonstrate his unique mastery of recognizing and identifying the 'hands' of the cutters of Athenian inscriptions, ca. 300-229 b.c. No student of Greece in the Hellenistic age can effectively carry on research without taking account of Tracy's remarkable analysis of its most important primary source material."--Ronald S. Stroud, University of California, Berkeley
"No other scholar comes anywhere near to Tracy in the ability to apply his method, which requires long practice and great patience."--Gary Reger, author of "Regionalism and Change in the Economy of Independent Delos, 314-167 b.c. "

Book Synopsis

Little of the historiography of third-century Athens survives, and much of what we know--or might know--about the period has come down to us in inscriptions carved by Attic stonemasons of the time. In this book Stephen Tracy, the world's preeminent expert in this area, provides new insight into an unsettled and obscure moment in antiquity.

From the Back Cover

"In this new work Stephen Tracy continues to demonstrate his unique mastery of recognizing and identifying the 'hands' of the cutters of Athenian inscriptions, ca. 300-229 b.c. No student of Greece in the Hellenistic age can effectively carry on research without taking account of Tracy's remarkable analysis of its most important primary source material."--Ronald S. Stroud, University of California, Berkeley

"No other scholar comes anywhere near to Tracy in the ability to apply his method, which requires long practice and great patience."--Gary Reger, author of Regionalism and Change in the Economy of Independent Delos, 314-167 b.c.

Review Quotes

"No other scholar comes anywhere near to Tracy in the ability to apply his method, which requires long practice and great patience."

About the Author

Stephen V. Tracy is Professor of Greek and Latin at Ohio State University and Professor of Classical Studies and Director of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Athenian Democracy in Transition: Attic Letter-Cutters of 340 to 290 b.c. (1995).