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1 online resource (xiv, 488 pages) |
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Mnemosyne supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 300. History and archaeology of classical antiquity |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 300.
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity.
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-454) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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880-01 Ptolemy II Philadelphus, King of Egypt.
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880-01/(S Πτολεμαίος Β' Φιλάδελφος, Βασιλιάς της Αιγύπτου |
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus, King of Egypt. |
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Ptolemaios II. Ägypten, König -v246 |
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Ptolemaios Ägypten, König, II. |
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C.
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Egypt.
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Ägypten Altertum
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Auckland <2005>
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History.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
McKechnie, Paul, 1957- editor.
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Guillaume, Philippe, 1960- editor.
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| ISBN |
9789047424208 |
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9047424204 |
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