Getzel Cohen (1942-2015)
Getzel
M. Cohen, “The HELLENISTIC
SETTLEMENTS in the East from ARMENIA and MESOPOTAMIA to BACTRIA and INDIA”, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, pp. 440. 2013
Ο Αμερικανός αρχαιολόγος Getzel Cohen (1942-2015)
έχει εκδώσει τρεις μονογραφίες για τις εγκαταστάσεις των Ελλήνων και την ίδρυση
ελληνικών πόλεων κατά τους ελληνιστικούς χρόνους στην Ασία (το λεγόμενο Γ’
Ελληνικό Αποικισμό).
Αυτή είναι η τρίτη μονογραφία του (2013).
Οι προηγούμενες δύο είναι:
/ - 1996: «The Hellenistic Settlements
in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor», University of Chicago Press.
/ - 2006: «The Hellenistic Settlements
in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa», University of Chicago Press
Η διδακτορική του διατριβή (1970) είχε άλλωστε τίτλο και θέμα: “Hellenistic settlements after the conquest of the East
by Alexander the Great”
Τα περιεχόμενα του βιβλίου (2013):
The SOURCES:
Mesopotamia, Bactria and India
AN OVERVIEW:
Armenia
Mesopotamia and the Gulf Region
Assyria and Apolloniatis
The Iranian Plateau
Bactria
India
/ - I. ARMENIA
/ - II. NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA
/ - III. ASSYRIA AND APOLLONIATIS
/ - IV. SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF
/ - V. ELYMAIS, SUSIANA, PERSIS, AND CARMANIA.
/ - VI. MEDIA, HYRCANIA, AND PARTHIA.
/ - VII. ARIA, SOGDIANA, BACTRIA, AND ARACHOSIA.
/ - VIII. INDIA.
APPENDICES:
/ - 1. Founders.
/ - 2. Settlements in Mesopotamia and Iran attributed to
Alexander
/ - 3. Greek and Macedonian Toponyms and Names/ Words
that re(appear) in Mesopotamia and regions Farther East.
/ - 4. Refoundations and New Foundations.
/ - 5. Foundations at or near Major Religious Centers.
/ - 6. Civic Institutions and Offices.
/ - 7. Ethnics and Toponyms.
/ - 8. The Toponymy of the Hellenistic Settlements.
/ - 9. Polis Hellenis.
/ - 10. The Ethnic “Babylonian”.