| Description |
1 online resource (139 pages) |
| Contents |
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES; ANCIENT SOURCES; 1 IN THE SHADOW OF ALEXANDER; PTOLEMY IN MACEDONIA; THE MACEDONIAN OCCUPATION OF EGYPT; THE MACEDONIAN OCCUPATION OF PERSIA; PTOLEMY'S ROLE IN THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN; PTOLEMY AND THE LAST TWO YEARS OF ALEXANDER'S LIFE; 2 PTOLEMY THE HISTORIAN; THE "GOOD" TRADITION; THE SURVIVING EVIDENCE; THE FRAGMENTS OF PTOLEMY'S HISTORY OF ALEXANDER; 3 THE SUCCESSORS; THE STRONGEST; BABYLON; THE SETTLEMENT; 4 PTOLEMY AS SATRAP; PTOLEMY IN EGYPT |
| Summary |
In this work, the first biography of Ptolemy in any language, Professor Ellis charts Ptolemy's extraordinary achievements in and beyond Egypt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-98) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ptolemy I Soter, King of Egypt, -283 B.C.
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Ptolemy I Soter, King of Egypt, -283 B.C. |
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Ptolemaios I. Ägypten, König v367-v283 |
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Ptolemaios (Ägypten, König, I.) |
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Kings and rulers
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Egypt -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
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Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203204818 |
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0203204816 |
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