Ptolemy I Soter : a self-made man /

As the founder of the longest-lasting of all the Hellenistic kingdoms, not only was Ptolemy I an able soldier and ruler, he was also an historian and, in Egyptian eyes, a living god. His own inclination and experience facilitated continuous acts of self-creation in a variety of forms, whether litera...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Howe, Timothy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018.
Subjects:
Ptolemy > I Soter, > King of Egypt, > -283 B.C.
Ptolemaios > I. > Ägypten, König > v367-v283
Pharaohs > Biography.
Pharaons > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Ancient > Egypt.
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece
Pharaohs
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ptolemy: a man of his own making / Waldemar Heckel
  • Ptolemy and the destruction of the first regency / Edward Anson
  • Building a dynasty: the families of Ptolemy I Soter / Sheila Ager
  • The currency reforms and character of Ptolemy I Soter / Catharine Lorber
  • Ptolemy I: politics, religion and the transition to Hellenistic Egypt / S.G. Caneva
  • Ptolemy son of Lagos and the Egyptian elite / Gilles Gorre
  • Kings don't lie: truthtelling, historiography and Ptolemy I Soter / Timothy Howe.

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