Compare and contrast how these two settlements were representative of the period. In what ways were they different?

(1) We have made the case, very briefly, that Menander’s Dyskolos, exemplifies social life in the Hellenistic world broadly speaking. Develop this idea, linking specific things in the play with other kinds of historical evidence/texts that you have read.
(2) Define and characterize the following four kinds of sources available to
historians of the Hellenistic period: numismatics; literary texts; non-epigraphic documentary texts; epigraphic texts .

Choose at least one example of each type and explain how, as an individual source, it reflects the broader interpretive challenges associated with that type of source material and indeed the broader interpretive difficulties encountered by Hellenistic historians.
(3) There is an ongoing debate among scholars regarding the extent of “fusion”/mixing/merging of Greek and non-Greek cultures in the Hellenistic world. Taking one or more specific examples that you have encountered so far, discuss to what extent non-Greeks and/or Greeks assimilated to one-another’s culture. What is the significance of your conclusions on this matter for our understanding of Hellenistic society? To what degree do the documents you have read in Austin suggest integration or separation, cooperation or hostility between the indigenous and the newer Greek population in Egypt? In your
answer you might consider regional and temporal variation.
(4) Alexandria and Aï Khanum were two new foundations of the Hellenistic Age.
Compare and contrast how these two settlements were representative of the period. In what ways were they different?