简介：IntheAmamaAge,contactsbetweenEgyptanditsvassals,especiallyvassalsinthenorthernCanaan,areattestedintheAmamaLetters.Amurruhasoncebeenapowerfulstateintheeyesofothervassals,asisreflectedbytheAmamaLetters.AmongtheAmarnaLetters,therewereatleast78lettersrelatingtoAmurru.JustasMurnanepointsout,“WhenAmurrufirstappearsonthepoliticalmapofSyriainthefourteenthcenturyB.C.,itisnotastheunifiedcountryitwastobecome,butasaloosegroupingofcitystates,eachunderitsownrulers,”thekingdomofAmurrumayconsistedofmanycity-states.

简介：Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,1997.ISBN0-19-815073-3.Pp.ix+514.$125.00.SincetheformationoftheinternationalPlutarchSocietyin1984therehasbeenadramaticincreaseinthenumberofpapers,conferences,articles,andbooksonPlutarch.Dr.Shipley'sthoroughandinsightfulstudyshouldbeassignedanhonoredplaceamongtherecentpublicationsonPlutarchanddeservestohaveawideinfluenceamongnotjustPlutarchscholarsbutalsoamonghistoriansofthefourthcenturyB.C.AgesilaosisoneofthemostcomplexandintriguingcharactersinGreekhistorysincehislifespansfromth...

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