Ptolemy The Second Philadelphus And His World
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Ptolemy The Second Philadelphus And His World
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Author : Paul R. McKechnie
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008
Ptolemy The Second Philadelphus And His World written by Paul R. McKechnie and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus, second Macedonian king of Egypt (282-246BC), captured intellectual high ground by founding the Alexandrian Library and Museum, and cemented celebrity status by bankrolling his courtesans' endeavours in Olympic chariot-racing. In this book scholars analyse a range of key aspects of Phiadelphus' world.
Ptolemy I And The Transformation Of Egypt 404 282 Bce
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Author : Paul McKechnie
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-05-23
Ptolemy I And The Transformation Of Egypt 404 282 Bce written by Paul McKechnie and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-23 with History categories.
Seven studies document the transformation of Egypt through the dynamic fourth century, and the inauguration of the Ptolemaic state. After Alexander the Great, Ptolemy son of Lagus established himself as ruler. Continuity and change marked the Egyptian-Greek encounter.
The Grand Procession Of Ptolemy Philadelphus
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Author : E. E. Rice
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1983
The Grand Procession Of Ptolemy Philadelphus written by E. E. Rice and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
Ptolemy Of Egypt
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Author : Walter M. Ellis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
Ptolemy Of Egypt written by Walter M. Ellis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with History categories.
Ptolemy was the creator of the longest lasting of the Hellenistic kingdoms. He created a state whose cultural importance was unparalleled until the coming of Rome. He encouraged the erection of the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as well as creating a library which eventually contained the greatest collection of books until relatively recent times. Ptolemy's institution of higher learning, the Museum, gave birth to the greatest advancements in science before the seventeenth century of our own era. In this work, the first biography of Ptolemy in any language, Professor Ellis charts Ptolemy's extraordinary achievements in and beyond Egypt in the context of the fragmentation of Alexander's enormous empire and the creation of the Hellenistic state.
Encomium Of Ptolemy Philadelphus
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Author : Theocritus
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2003-11-10
Encomium Of Ptolemy Philadelphus written by Theocritus and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus—at once a Greek king and an Egyptian pharaoh—is the only extended poetic tribute to this extraordinary ruler that survives. Combining the Greek text, an English translation, a full line-by-line commentary, and extensive introductory studies of the poem's historical and literary context, this volume also offers a wide-ranging and far-reaching consideration of the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age. In particular, the book explores the subtle and complex links among Theocritus's poem, modes of praise drawn from both Greek and Egyptian traditions, and the subsequent flowering of Latin poetry in the Augustan age. As the first detailed account of this important poem to show how Theocritus might have drawn on the pharaonic traditions of Egypt as well as earlier Greek poetry, this book affords unique insight into how praise poetry for Ptolemy and his wife may have helped to negotiate the adaptation of Greek culture that changed conditions of the new Hellenistic world. Invaluable for its clear translation and its commentary on genre, dialect, diction, and historical reference in relation to Theocritus's Encomium, the book is also significant for what it reveals about the poem's cultural and social contexts and about Theocritus' devices for addressing his several readerships. COVER IMAGE: The image on the front cover of this book is incorrectly identified on the jacket flap. The correct caption is: Gold Oktadrachm depicting Ptolemy II and Arsinoe (mid-third century BCE; by permission of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
The Book Of Jeremiah
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-07-17
The Book Of Jeremiah written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with Religion categories.
The Book of Jeremiah: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, offers a wide-ranging view of critical study on Jeremiah, with up-to-date scholarship and fresh insights from leading scholars in the field.
The Ptolemies The Sea And The Nile
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Author : Kostas Buraselis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-04
The Ptolemies The Sea And The Nile written by Kostas Buraselis and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with History categories.
With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea – both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea – and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.
Getting Rich In Late Antique Egypt
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Author : Ryan McConnell
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2017-07-12
Getting Rich In Late Antique Egypt written by Ryan McConnell and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-12 with Business & Economics categories.
A nuanced examination that illuminates the Apion estate's economic structure and addresses how the family was able to generate such wealth
Greeks In Ptolemaic Egypt
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Author : Naphtali Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1986
Greeks In Ptolemaic Egypt written by Naphtali Lewis and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
The conquests of Alexander the Great were followed by a flood of Greek migration into the lands previously ruled by Persia. In Egypt, thanks to the survival of collections of related documents written on papyrus, it is possible to study the fortunes of some of these immigrants and their families, and of some of their Egyptian neighbors, with an immediacy provided by no other ancient source. In this book we see the engineer Kleon battling with problems of irrigation and silting, while the district officer Diophanes deals with disputes arising from the mutual hostility between two populations. Some Egyptians, such as Menkhes the village clerk and Panebkhounis the soldier, gain through their services some of the privileges enjoyed by the Greeks; the Greek cavalry officer Dryton, on the other hand, marries an Egyptian, and in the next generation his family begins to lose its Greek identity. These and other case studies compose a vivid picture of life in a country in which the native Egyptian population is dominated by a privileged and exclusive Greek minority.-- Publisher description.
Popular Medicine In Graeco Roman Antiquity Explorations
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Author : William V. Harris
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-09-07
Popular Medicine In Graeco Roman Antiquity Explorations written by William V. Harris and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-07 with Medical categories.
In Popular Medicine in Graeco-Roman Antiquity: Explorations an international group of scholars aims to give a fresh start to the study of the wide range of practices that people in Antiquity actually engaged in when they were faced with ill health.