Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt

Zusatztext A cornucopia of a book, brimming over with the fruits of deep research and perceptive reading. Informationen zum Autor Dee L. Clayman is Professor of Classics and Executive Officer of the PhD Program in Classics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Klappentext A sophisticated portrait of a formidable, yet relatively unknown, queen in the 200-year power struggle that followed the death of Alexander the Great. Zusammenfassung A sophisticated portrait of a formidable, yet relatively unknown, queen in the 200-year power struggle that followed the death of Alexander the Great. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations The Family Tree of Berenice II Map of The Eastern Meditteranean in the 3rd Century BCE Introduction One. Birth in Cyrene Two. Arrival in Alexandria Three. Callimachus on Murder and Marriage Four. Apollonius on Murder and Marriage Five. Ruling and Racing Six. Berenice in Egypt and another Murder Appendix: Catullus 66 Notes Bibliography Index Index Locorum

Product details

• Authors: Dee L Clayman, Dee L. Clayman, Dee L. (Professor of Classics Clayman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2013
• EAN: 9780195370898
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537089-8
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Women in Antiquity; Women in Antiquity
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous