John Pentland Mahaffy
3 books
About the Author
John Pentland Mahaffy was an Irish classical scholar, historian, and educator whose work brought the ancient Mediterranean world to a broad readership. A longtime professor and provost at Trinity College Dublin, he combined rigorous research with an engaging, wide-ranging narrative style. His scholarship illuminated the political, cultural, and intellectual developments of the Hellenistic age, especially the legacy of Alexander the Great and the Ptolemaic kingdom. Among his notable works are Empire of Alexander the Great, Greek Life and Thought from Alexander to the Roman Conquest, and The Empire of the Ptolemies (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics).
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scholarly
engaging
wide-ranging
