Memphis Under the Ptolemies
(Sprache: Englisch)
Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis in the era between Alexander and Augustus. Now...
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Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis in the era between Alexander and Augustus. Now thoroughly revised and updated, this masterful account is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient Egypt or the Hellenistic world.
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List of Illustrations and Tables viii Prefaces ix Acknowledgments xv Abbreviations xvi A Note on Transliteration xix Chapter 1: The Second City 1 Chapter 2: Economic Life in Memphis 29 Chapter 3: Ethnic Minorities 76 Chapter 4: Ptolemies and Temples 99 Chapter 5: The Undertakers 144 Chapter 6: Apis and Other Cults 177 Chapter 7: Between Two Worlds: The Sarapieion 197 Chapter 8: Roman Memphis: An Epilogue 247 Appendixes A. Memphite Professions Additional to Those Recorded in the Zenon Archive 259 B. The Undertakers' Archive 260 C. A Property Settlement in 197 B.C. 262 D. Apis Bulls of the Ptolemaic Period 263 Bibliography 285 Index 319
Autoren-Porträt von Dorothy J. Thompson
Dorothy J. Thompson is a fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge, and a member of the faculty of classics at the University of Cambridge. She is a fellow of the British Academy and an honorary president of the International Association of Papyrologists.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Dorothy J. Thompson
- 2012, 2nd ed., 360 Seiten, 14 Abbildungen, Maße: 15 x 23,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691140332
- ISBN-13: 9780691140339
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Englisch
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[A] masterful analysis of the surviving evidence for ancient Memphis. -- John F. Oates, American Journal of Philology [T]his book greatly enhances understanding of Egyptian history in the Ptolemaic period and the author is to be congratulated on her skill in welding the disparate sources into such an attractive whole. -- Amelie Kuhrt, History [A] book of utmost importance to all readers interested in ancient civilizations... Thompson's concentration on the Hellenistic period provides a penetrating study of all aspects of this city from the time of Alexander to Augustus. -- C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Choice
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