Title Egypt and the limits of Hellenism / Ian S. Moyer

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 347 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: the absence of Egypt -- 1. Herodotus and an Egyptian mirage -- 2. Luculentissima fragmenta: Manetho's Aegyptiaca and the limits of Hellenism -- 3. The Delian Sarapis aretalogy and the politics of syncretism -- 4. Thessalos and the magic of empire -- Epilogue Summary "In a series of studies, Ian Moyer explores the ancient history and modern historiography of relations between Egypt and Greece from the fifth century BCE to the early Roman Empire. Beginning with Herodotus, he analyzes key encounters between Greeks and Egyptian priests, the bearers of Egypt's ancient traditions. Four moments unfold as rich micro-histories of cross-cultural interaction: Herodotus' interviews with priests at Thebes; Manetho's composition of an Egyptian history in Greek; the struggles of Egyptian priests on Delos; and a Greek physician's quest for magic in Egypt. In writing these histories, the author moves beyond Orientalizing representations of the Other and colonial metanarratives of the civilizing process to reveal interactions between Greeks and Egyptians as transactional processes in which the traditions, discourses and pragmatic interests of both sides shaped the outcome. The result is a dialogical history of cultural and intellectual exchanges between the great civilizations of Greece and Egypt"-- Provided by publisher "Dialectic-history: the past is more than just one other country. Marshall Sahlins, Apologies to Thucydides In his classic study, Alien Wisdom: The Limits of Hellenization, Arnaldo Momigliano explored what he called "an intellectual event of the first order, the confrontation of the Greeks with four other civilizations" in the Hellenistic period: Romans, Celts, Jews, and Iranians.1 Remarkable for its absence from his account is the ancient civilization of the Egyptians, which had long fascinated the Greeks, and, after the conquests of Alexander, confronted them more directly than ever before"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-339) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Greeks -- Egypt -- History HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt. Civilization -- Egyptian influences Civilization -- Greek influences Greeks International relations Hellenisme. Culturele invloeden. SUBJECT Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041289 Egypt -- Civilization -- Greek influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041272 Greece -- Civilization -- Egyptian influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003571 Egypt -- Relations -- Greece Greece -- Relations -- Egypt Subject Egypt Greece Egypte. Griekenland. Grekland -- relationer -- historia -- Egypten -- forntiden. Egypten -- relationer -- historia -- Grekland -- forntiden. Egypten -- historia -- 30 f. Kr.-640 e. Kr. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139101509 1139101501 1139099493 9781139099493 9780511894992 0511894996 9781139100847 113910084X 1139097482 9781139097482 1107217423 9781107217423 1139098810 9781139098816 9781107542891 1107542898

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