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Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus /

Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus--at once a Greek king and an Egyptian pharaoh--is the only extended poetic tribute to t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Theocritus
Other Authors: Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.
Series:Hellenistic culture and society ; 39.
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Online Access:Texto completo