Ptolemy the second Philadelphus and his world

Ptolemy the second Philadelphus and his world
Author: Paul R. McKechnie
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004170898

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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 the second Philadelphus and his world
Language: en
Pages: 505
Authors: Paul R. McKechnie
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: BRILL

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Ptolemy II Philadelphus, second Macedonian king of Egypt (282-246BC), captured intellectual high ground by founding the Alexandrian Library and Museum, and ceme
Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World
Language: en
Pages: 504
Authors: Paul McKechnie
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-30 - Publisher: BRILL

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Heir of Ptolemy son of Lagus, Alexander the Great's general (who took Egypt over in 323BC), Ptolemy II Philadelphus reigned in Alexandria from 282 to 246. The g
Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical World
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Aaron W. Irvin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-13 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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A timely and academically-significant contribution to scholarship on community, identity, and globalization in the Roman and Hellenistic worlds Community and Id
Empires of the Sea
Language: en
Pages: 371
Authors:
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-07 - Publisher: BRILL

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Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a
Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Theocritus
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-11-10 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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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 su