Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents in translation 175 of the most revealing documents that have survived on stone and papyrus from the Hellenistic period.
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- Presents over 150 sources in translation.
- Captures the political, social, economic and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities.
- Covers the entire Hellenistic world, with extensive coverage of the Ptolemaic kingdom.
Trade Review"For any reader, this book will provide an illuminating, reliable and accessible resource. Its clarity of style, meticulous attention to detial, and sensitivity to current bibliography provide a model that should be emulated by other scholars contemplating the creation of their own sourcebooks...it is quite simply difficult to find fault with this book."
Bryn Mawr Classical Review "This collection is a model of meticulous scholarship and excellent judgement. I read it with great pleasure and great respect." Dr John Ma, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford
Table of ContentsTable of Documents ix
List of Illustrations xv
Preface xvii
Note on Editorial Practice xxi
Abbreviations xxii
Note on Reading Documents xxiv
The Texts 1
I Political History 1
II The Foreign Possessions of the Ptolemies 111
III Life in Greek Cities 119
IV The Bureaucracy of Ptolemaic Egypt 144
V The Royal Economy of Egypt 163
VI The Military and Police of Ptolemaic Egypt 199
VII The Ptolemaic Legal and Judicial System 206
VIII Social Relations and Private Life 229
IX Religion 247
Appendix: Ptolemaic Administration 285
Tables and Charts 289
I Ptolemaic Kings 289
II Seleucid Kings to 96 BC 290
III Antigonid Kings 290
IV Attalid Rulers 291
V Months 291
VI Currency 292
Glossary and Index of Greek Terms 293
Concordance: Papyri 301
Concordance: Inscriptions 305
Concordance between Editions 309
Index of Persons, Places and Subjects 311
