A conceptual map of the Hellenistic schools of life philosophy

[image: the physical location of some of the major Hellenistic schools in ancient Athens]

The Hellenistic period is one of the pivotal moments in the history of humanity, a “moment” that historians bracket with the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) and the battle of Actium (31 BCE)...The period led, among many other things, to the development of a number of schools of practical philosophy and to what is sometimes referred to as Hellenization, i.e., the exportation of Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond (largely thanks to Roman army and roads)... (continues)