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Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus

Author: Théocrite; Richard Lawrence Hunter
Publisher: Berkeley (Calif.) : University of California Press, cop. 2003.
Series: Hellenistic culture and society, 39; The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
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Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century BCE, Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. This work considers the workings and  Read more...

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Named Person: Ptolémée, roi d'Égypte; Théocrite; Théocrite.
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Théocrite; Richard Lawrence Hunter
ISBN: 0520235606 9780520235601
OCLC Number: 470425321
Notes: Contient le texte grec (Idylle XVII) avec sa trad. anglaise en regard, introd. et comment. en anglais.
Bibliogr. p. 201-218. Index.
Description: XII-226 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Preface Conventions and Abbreviations Introduction 1. Beginning from Zeus 2. Genre 3. Poets and Patrons 4. An Egyptian Dimension? 5. The Language of the Encomium 6. The Meter of the Encomium 7. A Note on the Transmission of the Text Sigla Theocritus, Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus Commentary References Subject Index Index of Greek Words Index of Passages Discussed
Series Title: Hellenistic culture and society, 39; The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Other Titles: Éloge de Ptolémée.
Responsibility: Theocritus ; text and transl. with introd. and comment. by Richard Hunter.
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