Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece / edited by W.V. Harris and Giovanni Ruffini.

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TextLanguage: English, French, Italian Series: Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 26.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 296 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781429429115
1429429119
9789004141056
9004141057

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece.DDC classification:

932 22

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DT73.A4 A395 2004eb

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15.51
NH 6600
6,12

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Contents:

Creating a metropolis : a comparative demographic perspective / Walter Scheidel -- Egyptian elite self-presentation in the context of Ptolemaic rule / John Baines -- Posidippus' poetry book : where Macedon meets Egypt / Susan Stephens -- Realismo ed eclettismo nell'arte alessandrina / Nicola Bonacasa -- Les hiérothytes alexandrins : une magistrature grecque dans la capitale lagide / Fabienne Burkhalter -- The oikos of Alexandria / Livia Capponi -- Portrayals of the wise and virtuous in Alexandrian Jewish works : Jews' perceptions of themselves and others / Ellen Birnbaum -- Alexandria and middle Egypt : some aspects of social and economic contacts under Roman rule / Mohammed Abd-el-Ghani -- Galen's Alexandria / Heinrich von Staden -- Hellenism and opposition to Christianity in Alexandria / Christopher Haas -- Some unpublished wax figurines from Upper Egypt / Mona Haggag -- Late antique pagan networks from Athens to the Thebaid / Biovanni Ruffini -- The island of Pharos in myth and history / Mostaga el-Abbadi.

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"In their original forms, the papers were almost all written for a conference entitled, Alexandria between Egypt and Greece, that was organized by the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean at Columbia on October 11th and 12th, 2002"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-289) and indexes.

Articles chiefly in English; one article each in French and Italian.

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