Hellenistic Science at Court
Publisher: de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9783110540154
Subjects: Science, history; Egypt, civilization
Description: Hellenistic Science at Court' considers how novel scientific knowledge emerged in a multicultural premodern world of monarchy without universities or peer-reviewed journals. Examining science at the courts of the pharaohs Ptolemy III and IV (reigned successively 246-205/4 BCE), it argues that the development of new scientific knowledge drew on the personae of courtiers and the aesthetic discourse of Greco-Egyptian court society.