Ptolemy of Egypt / Walter M. Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Walter M., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ptolemy I Soter, King of Egypt, -283 B.C.

Ptolemy.

Kings and rulers--Biography.

Kings and rulers.

Egypt--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

xix, 104 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ptolemy was the creator of the longest lasting of the Hellenistic kingdoms. He created a state whose cultural importance was unparalleled until the coming of Rome. He encouraged the erection of the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as well as creating a library which eventually contained the greatest collection of books until relatively recent times. Ptolemy's institution of higher learning, the Museum, gave birth to the greatest advancements in science before the seventeenth century of our own era. In this work, the first biography of Ptolemy in any language, Professor Ellis charts Ptolemy's extraordinary achievements in and beyond Egypt in the context of the fragmentation of Alexander's enormous empire and the creation of the Hellenistic state.

Contents:

chapter 1 IN THE SHADOW OF ALEXANDER

chapter 2 PTOLEMY THE HISTORIAN

chapter 3 THE SUCCESSORS

chapter 4 PTOLEMY AS SATRAP

chapter 5 THE WAR WITH PERDICCAS

chapter 6 THE WAR WITH ANTIGONUS

chapter 7 PTOLEMY THE KING.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-85641-5

1-134-85642-3

1-280-05447-6

0-203-20481-6

0-415-58898-7

9780203204818

OCLC:

475884365