The Greeks in Asia.

Ancient world 1492 Boardman, John, 1927- The Greeks in Asia. London: Thames & Hudson, 2015, 240 pages: illustrations (some color), bib, notes, index. New in like dust jacket. $16.50

Contents: Greece and the east: beginnings. Eastern origins; Greeks going east -- Greeks and Achaemenid Persia. The confrontation; Greeks in the Persian Empire; The view from home; The view from Homeric heritage -- Greeks and Alexander "the Great." The invasion of the Persian Empire; Into Asia; The Hellenistic heritage: 3rd to 1st centuries BC -- The new Greek kingdoms in the east. The kingdoms; Their cities and art; Their coinage -- Greeks and their arts in Central Asia. Greeks and nomads: Scythians, Sarmatians; The Yuehzhi and Tillya Tepe; The farther east -- Greeks and their arts in India. The Mauryans and Buddhism; The Sunga dynasty ; Taxila and Gandhara; Greek and/or Roman - a memo; The "Gandhara style" in sculpture -- Greeks, Romans, Parthians and Sasanians: before Islam -- Epilogue: myth, history and archeology.

Recounting the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through to the rise of Islam, this book examines a wealth of art and artifacts as well as literary sources to reveal the remarkable influence of Greek culture.