| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 296 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 26 |
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Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 26.
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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Alexandria / Heinrich von Staden -- Hellenism and opposition to Christianity in Alexandria / Christopher Haas -- Some unpublished wax figurines from Upper Egypt / Mona Haggag -- Late antique pagan networks from Athens to the Thebaid / Biovanni Ruffini -- The island of Pharos in myth and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 |
| Summary |
As one of the greatest cities of antiquity, Alexandria has always been a severe challenge to its historians, all the more so because the surviving evidence, material and textual, is so disparate. New archaeological and literary discoveries and the startling diversity of ancient Alexandria (so reminiscent of some modern cities) add to the interest. The present volume contains the papers given at a conference at Columbia University in 2002 which attempted to lay some of the foundations for a new history of Alexandria by considering, in particular, its position between the traditions and life of Egypt on the one hand, and on the other the immigrants who came there from Greece and elsewhere in the wake of the founder Alexander of Macedon |
| Notes |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-289) and indexes |
| Notes |
Articles chiefly in English; one article each in French and Italian |
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Culturele betrekkingen.
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Hellenisme.
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Alexandria (egito) (história)
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Egito ptolomaico.
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| SUBJECT |
Alexandria (Egypt) -- History -- Congresses
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Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D. -- Congresses
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Egypt
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Egypt -- Alexandria
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Alexandria
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harris, William V. (William Vernon)
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Ruffini, Giovanni, 1974-
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| ISBN |
9781429429115 |
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1429429119 |
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9789004141056 |
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9004141057 |
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