Berenice II and the golden age of Ptolemaic Egypt /

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A mother of six, immensely wealthy and ambitious, Berenice II, daughter of King Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, came to embody all the key religious, political, and artist ideals of Ptolemaic Alexandria. Through she arrived there nearly friendless, with the taint of murder around...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clayman, Dee L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Colección:Women in antiquity.
Temas:
Berenice, > Queen, consort of Ptolemy III, King of Egypt, > approximately 270 B.C.-221 B.C.
Berenice, > Queen, consort of Ptolemy III, King of Egypt, > approximately 270 B.C.-221 B.C. > In literature.
332-30 B.C
Queens > Egypt > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Ancient > Egypt.
Literature
Queens
Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C.
Égypte > Histoire > 332-30 av. J.-C.
Egypt
collective biographies.
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A mother of six, immensely wealthy and ambitious, Berenice II, daughter of King Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, came to embody all the key religious, political, and artist ideals of Ptolemaic Alexandria. Through she arrived there nearly friendless, with the taint of murder around her, she became one of the most accomplished and powerful of the Macedonian queens descended from the successors of Alexander the Great. Rather exceptionally, she was at the center of a group of important poets and intellectuals associated with the Museum and Library, not the least of which was Call.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199707966
0199707960
1299950779
9781299950771

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