| Description |
xx, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Hellenistic culture and society ; 49. |
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Hellenistic culture and society ; 49.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [290]-298) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Jean Bingen and the currents of Ptolemaic history / Roger S. Bagnall -- I: The monarchy -- Ptolemy I and the quest of legitimacy -- Ptolemy III and Philae: snapshot of a reign, a temple, and a cult -- Cleopatra, the diadem and the image -- Cleopatra VII Philopatris -- The dynastic politics of Cleopatra VII -- II: The Greeks -- The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt -- Ptolemaic papyri and the Achaean diaspora in Hellenistic Egypt -- 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 -- The royal ordinances of the first century and the Alexandrians -- III: 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 -- IV: Greeks and Egyptians -- Greek economy and Egyptian society in the third century -- Greeks and Egyptians according to PSI V 502 -- Graeco-Roman Egypt and the question of cultural interactions -- Normality and distinctiveness in the epigraphy of Greek and Roman Egypt. |
| Summary |
Hellenistic Egypt brings together for the first time the writings of the preeminent historian, papyrologist, and epigraphist Jean Bingen. These essays, first published by Bingen from 1970 to1999, make a distinctive contribution to the historiography of Hellenistic Egypt, a period in ancient Egypt extending from its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. until its annexation as a province of the Roman Empire by Octavian (later Augustus) in 30 B.C., after his defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Ruled by Ptolemaic kings during this period, Hellenistic Egypt was a sophisticated, rich, and fertile country. Its history is intimately bound up with the history of the Mediterranean as a whole, yet parts of that history remain relatively obscure and open to debate. New evidence, particularly from papyri, emerges frequently and shifts our understanding and interpretation of this significant time. For the last six decades Jean Bingen has been a leading editor and interpreter of such evidence. In particular his work on the Ptolemaic monarchy and economy, which illustrates how the Greeks and Egyptians interacted, has transformed the field and influenced all subsequent work. Historian and classicist Roger Bagnall has selected and introduced Bingen's most important essays on this topic. |
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Egypt -- History -- 332 B.C.-30 B.C.
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Egypt -- Economic conditions -- 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
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Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
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| Added Author |
Bagnall, Roger S.
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| ISBN |
0520251415 cloth :alk. paper |
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9780520251410 cloth :alk. paper |
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0520251423 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780520251427 paperback alkaline paper |
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