Title Gymnasia and Greek identity in Ptolemaic Egypt / Mario C.D. Paganini

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Oxford classical monographs Oxford classical monographs. Contents 1: Introduction -- 2: The Institution -- 3: The Gymnasium at Alexandria -- 4: Legal Status of Gymnasia -- 5: The Officials -- 6: Gymnasial Status -- 7: Outsiders: Integration and Rejection -- 8: Living the Greek Way -- 9: The Gymnasium and Greek Identity -- APPENDIX 1: Gymnasia and 'Gymnasial Bodies' of Ptolemaic Egypt by Location -- APPENDIX 2: List of Relevant Sources for the Ptolemaic Period -- APPENDIX 3: Prosopography of Gymnasiarchs -- Chronology of Ptolemaic Sovereigns (Simplified) -- Glossary -- References -- Index Locorum -- General Index Summary "This is the first complete study of all the documentation relevant to the gymnasium and gymnasial life in Egypt at the time of the Ptolemies, the longest-reigning Hellenistic Royal House (323–30 BC). It analyses the diffusion, characteristics, administration, and developments of the institution of the gymnasium in Ptolemaic Egypt and its implications for the assertion of Greek identity. It shows how this institution and its people were affected by the local environment and how ‘those from the gymnasium’, the members of the most Greek institution ever, were truly embedded in the social and cultural milieu of the country where they lived: they were the ‘Greeks’ of Egypt. Thanks to the information from Ptolemaic Egypt with its papyrological sources, this work showcases the variety of concomitant features and different traditions alive and active in the Hellenistic world, thus contributing to a better understanding of the ancient world in all its complexity and vitality"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 4, 2022) Subject Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. Gymnasiums -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500 Greeks -- Egypt -- History National characteristics, Greek -- History National characteristics, Egyptian -- History Greeks Gymnasiums National characteristics, Egyptian National characteristics, Greek Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D. Egypt Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192660756 0192660756 9780191938122 0191938122

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