Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 488 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-90-47-42420-8
,
90-474-2420-4
Series Statement:
Mnemosyne: Supplements Volume 300
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-454) and indexes. - Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction -- Paul McKechnie; ALPHA A NEW MORNING OPENED ... IN THE LECTURE-ROOM; BETA FROM ZEUS LET US BEGIN ... ; GAMMA COUNTLESS ARE THE LANDS ... BUT NO LAND BRINGS FORTH SO MUCH AS LOW-LYING EGYPT; DELTA HOW HAS IT NOT OCCURRED TO ANY OF THE HISTORIANS OR POETS TO MAKE MENTION OF SUCH ENORMOUS ACHIEVEMENTS?; EPSILON ... AND WITH ZEUS MAKE END, YE MUSES; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Passages Cited. - 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. This book analyses a range of key aspects of Phiadelphus' world
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-90-04-17089-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
II. Ägypten, König -v246 Ptolemaios
;
Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004170896.i-488
Author information:
McKechnie, Paul, 1957-
