Ptolemy of Egypt

by: Ellis, W.M.

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Ptolemy was the creator of the longest lasting of the Hellenistic kingdoms. He created a state whose cultural importance was unparalleled until the coming of Rome. He encouraged the erection of the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as well as creating a library which eventually contained the greatest collection of books until relatively recent times. Ptolemy's institution of higher learning, the Museum, gave birth to the greatest advancements in science before the seventeenth century of our own era.In this work, the first biography of Ptolemy in any language, Professor Ellis charts Ptolemy's extraordinary achievements in and beyond Egypt in the context of the fragmentation of Alexander's enormous empire and the creation of the Hellenistic state.

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

Subjects:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical
Biographies
Egypt
Egypt Kings and rulers Biography
HISTORY Ancient
Kings and rulers
Kings and rulers Biography
Monarchs
Ptolemaios (Ägypten, König, I.)
Ptolemy I Soter, King of Egypt, -283 B.C
Ptolémée I Sôtêr, roi d'Égypte
Rois et souverains Biographies
Rois et souverains Égypte Biographies
collective biographies

Ptolemy of Egypt

by: Ellis, W.M.

• ISBN-13: 9780415100205 / 978-0-415-10020-5
• ISBN-03: 0415100208 / 0-415-10020-8
• Routledge, London, 2006

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