Hellenistic Egypt
Subtitle: monarchy, society, economy, culture
By: Jean Bingen ; edited with an introduction by Roger S. Bagnall.
Contributors: Bagnall, Roger S.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780748615797; 9780748615780
Subjects: Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.; Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C.; Egypt -- Civilization -- Greek influences.; Egypt -- Civilization -- 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
Description: Hellenistic Egypt was a society created by Macedonian rule of the ancient civilisation of Egypt. It is framed by Alexander the Great at one end and Cleopatra VII at the other. This book sums up a lifetime of Jean Bingen's work on understanding how this state and its monarchy were created and sustained, how Greeks and Egyptians formed separate and yet connected parts of the society, and how the peculiar circumstances of the Ptolemaic kingdom created both opportunities and insoluble tensions. Like all of Bingen's work, it is marked by the influence of cultural sociology but is rooted in a deep knowledge of the Greek world. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.