TY - BOOK AU - Stephens,Susan A. TI - Seeing double: intercultural poetics in Ptolemaic Alexandria T2 - The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature SN - 9780520927384 AV - PA3081 U1 - 881/.09932 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Ptolemaic dynasty, KW - Greek poetry, Hellenistic KW - Egypt KW - Alexandria KW - History and criticism KW - Egyptian poetry KW - Comparative literature KW - Greek and Egyptian KW - Egyptian and Greek KW - Language and culture KW - Poetics KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Poésie grecque hellénistique KW - Égypte KW - Alexandrie KW - Histoire et critique KW - Poésie égyptienne ancienne KW - Langage et culture KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - Ancient & Classical KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Intellectual life KW - Literatuurtheorie KW - gtt KW - Cultuurcontact KW - Hellenisme KW - Alexandria (Egypt) KW - Alexandrië KW - Litteratur KW - Klassiske litteraturer KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and indexes; Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptualizing Egypt -- 2. Callimachean Theogonies -- 3. Theocritean Regencies -- 4. Apollonian Cosmologies -- 5. The Two Lands -- Select Bibliography -- Passages Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z; University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus N2 - When, in the third century B.C.E., the Ptolemies became rulers in Egypt, they found themselves not only kings of a Greek population but also pharaohs for the Egyptian people. Offering a new and expanded understanding of Alexandrian poetry, Susan Stephens UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=90544 ER -