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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 representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age.

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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

Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 11 October 2003
      ISBN-13 9780520235601
      978-0520235601
      ISBN-10 0520235606
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical Literary studies: poetry and poets

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      Book Synopsis
      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 representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age.

      Table of 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

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