Greek Culture in Hellenistic Egypt : Persistence and Evolutions

doi:10.1515/9783111334646

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Del Corso, Lucio (editor)

Ricciardetto, Antonio (editor)

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English

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Résumé

The volume investigates some aspects of the cultural consequences of the settlement of Greeks in Egypt during the Hellenistic period, with a focus on the reception and reuse of their literature, through a discussion of papyrological material, archaeological evidence, and literary sources.

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https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/151412

Keywords

papyrology; Egypt (Antiquity); Hellenistic period; Greek literature; thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1Q Other geographical groupings: Oceans and seas, historical, political etc::1QB Historical states, empires, territories and regions::1QBA Ancient World::1QBAE Ancient Egypt; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3C BCE period – Protohistory::3CT c 1000 BCE to start of CE period::3CTB c 500 BCE to c 1BCE::3CTBB 4th century, c 399 to c 300 BCE; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3C BCE period – Protohistory::3CT c 1000 BCE to start of CE period::3CTB c 500 BCE to c 1BCE::3CTBC 3rd century, c 299 to c 200 BCE; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3C BCE period – Protohistory::3CT c 1000 BCE to start of CE period::3CTB c 500 BCE to c 1BCE::3CTBD 2nd century, c 199 to c 100 BCE; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3C BCE period – Protohistory::3CT c 1000 BCE to start of CE period::3CTB c 500 BCE to c 1BCE::3CTBE 1st century, c 99 to c 1 BCE; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts::DBS Ancient Sagas and epics::DBSG Ancient Greek and Roman literature