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Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus (Hellenistic Culture and Society)
Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus - Hellenistic Culture and Society
Author: Theocritus
Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus--at once a Greek king and an Egyptian pharaoh--is the only extended poetic tribute to this extraordinary ruler that survives. Combining the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520235601
ISBN-10: 0520235606
Publication Date: 11/10/2003
Pages: 238
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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