Appealing to students and the general public interested in ancient history, this work provides a comprehensive account of the economy, society and culture of Hellenistic Egypt.
Appealing to students and the general public interested in ancient history, this work provides a comprehensive account of the economy, society and culture of Hellenistic Egypt.
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Hardcover
English
Edinburgh University Press
Mar. 6th, 2007
9780748615780
0748615784
1.55 lbs
Table Of Contents
The Monarchy
Ptolemy I and the quest for legitimacy
Ptolemy III and Philae : snapshot of a reign, a temple, and a cult
The dynastic politics of Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII Philopatris
Cleopatra, the diadem and the image
The Greeks
The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt
The Ptolemaic papyri and the Achaean diaspora
The Greek presence and the Ptolemaic rural setting
The urban milieu in the Egyptian countryside during the Ptolemaic period
Kerkeosiris and its Greeks in the second century
The cavalry settlers of the Herakleopolite in the first century
Two royal ordinances of the first century and the Alexandrians
The Royal Economy
The Revenue Laws Papyrus : Greek tradition and Hellenistic adaptation
The structural tensions of Ptolemaic society
The third-century land leases from Tholthis
Greeks and Egyptians
Greek economy and Egyptian society in the third century
Greeks and Egyptians in PSI V 502
Graeco-Roman Egypt and the question of cultural interaction
Normality and distinctiveness in the epigraphy of Greek and Roman Egypt
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