In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon / Edition 1

by Eugene N. Borza

Overview

In tracing the emergence of the Macedonian kingdom from its origins as a Balkan backwater to a major European and Asian power, Eugene Borza offers to specialists and lay readers alike a revealing account of a relatively unexplored segment of ancient history. He draws from recent archaeological discoveries and an enhanced understanding of historical geography to form a narrative that provides a material-culture setting for political events. Examining the dynamics of Macedonian relations with the Greek city-states, he suggests that the Macedonians, although they gradually incorporated aspects of Greek culture into their own society, maintained a distinct ethnicity as a Balkan people. "Borza has taken the trouble to know Macedonia: the land, its prehistory, its position in the Balkans, and its turbulent modern history. All contribute...to our understanding of the emergence of Macedon.... Borza has employed two of the historian's most valuable tools, autopsy and common sense, to produce a well-balanced introduction to the state that altered the course of Greek and Near Eastern history."—Waldemar Heckel, Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691008806
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	09/28/1992
Series:	Princeton Paperbacks Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

Borza has employed two of the historian's most valuable tools, autopsy and common sense, to produce a well-balanced introduction to the state that altered the course of Greek and Near Eastern history.

Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews

This book is an extremely useful account of the history of Macedonia from its shadowy beginnings down through the reign of Philip II. Well written and coherent.

Classical World

Documenting events from the period of Alexander I's assistance to the Greeks during the Persian invasion through Philip II's conquest of Greece to the eve of Alexander the Great's invasion of Asia, Borza (ancient history, Penn. State U.) traces the emergence of the Macedonian kingdom from its origins as a Balkan backwater to a major European and Asian power. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991

From the Publisher

"Borza has employed two of the historian's most valuable tools, autopsy and common sense, to produce a well-balanced introduction to the state that altered the course of Greek and Near Eastern history."

Bryn Mawr Classical Review