Alexandria the cosmopolis : a global perspective / edited by Hélène Fragaki, Marie-Dominique Nenna and Miguel John Versluys.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fragaki, Hélène, Editor, Contributor.

Nenna, Marie-Dominique, Editor.

Versluys, M. J., Editor, Contributor.

Series:

Etudes alexandrines ; 56.

Etudes alexandrines, 1110-6441 ; 56

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Alexandria (Egypt)--Antiquities.

Alexandria (Egypt)--History.

Physical Description:

668 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Alexandria : Centre d'Études Alexandrines, [2022]

Language Note:

Text in English and French.

Summary:

"Hellenistic-Roman Alexandria is often characterized as a cosmopolis; a city that would represent the quintessential 'cultural crossroads' of the ancient world. The aim of this volume is to critically discuss, unwrap and develop this idea. After a set of (theoretical) introductions, first the network Alexandria was part of is explored in a more global, Afro-Eurasian sense than is traditionally done. What about Alexandria's connections with China, India, Central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, the African Sahara and (western) Europe? Second, the relation between the global node that was Alexandria and the many processes of innovation that characterized the city during the Hellenistic-Roman era are investigated through a variety of specifically selected case studies: from medicine to poetry and from the city's famous tombs to its exotic animals. Global dynamics prove to be at the core of Hellenistic-Roman Alexandria and its innovative character." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introductions:Towards a global perspective on Hellenistic-Roman Alexandria

More than the sum of its parts: Hellenistic-Roman Alexandria, global networks and the question of innovation / Miguel John Versluys

Alexandria from the 4th century bc to the 6th century ad: A global city / Philippe Beaujard

Cosmopoleis in a mirror: Alexandria and Seleucia on the Tigris face-to-face / Paolo Gallo, Vito Messina

Observing heaven and earth from Alexandria: The astrology of Nechepsos and Petosiris as a cosmopolitan perspective for a global world / Ian S. Moyer

Part 1: Aspects of Alexandria’s global network

Archaeological insights into the connections of 1st millennium bc Egypt and the Mediterranean world with the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and China / Krisztina Hoppál, Bérénice Bellina, Laure Dussubieux

Alexandrian authors and Indian religion in the Ptolemaic era / Guillaume Ducœur

Alexandria and Gandhara: Cosmopolitan connections and comparisons / Peter Stewart

D’Alexandrie à Pétra : réflexions sur l’élaboration du vocabulaire architecturalnabaté en, entre koinai péninsulaire, hellénistique et provinciale romaine / Laurent Tholbecq

Les Galates à Alexandrie : un exemple d’intégrationau sein d’une cité cosmopolite / Franck Perrin

Between the sands and the sea: Alexandria as a mineral port for the Western Desert (4th century bc - 1st century ad) / Damien Agut-Labordère

Le phare d’Alexandrie à Rome ? / Vincent Jolivet

Part 2: Hellenistic-Roman Alexandria and the question of innovation

Astrology at Alexandria: Cultures, worlds, and the space-time moment / Daryn Lehoux

Alexandrie : phare de la médecine hellénistique / Véronique Boudon-Millot

Alexandrian funerary architecture: From a Near-Eastern koine to the creation of new models / Hélène Fragaki

Transfert et transformation : Alexandrie la cosmopolite et l’innovation poétique au miroir de Rome / Florence Klein

Animaux lointains et images du monde : l’extension des réseaux lagides et l’intégration de la faune « éthiopienne » dans la culture alexandrine / Jean Trinquier

Cervids in Hellenistic Alexandria: New archaeozoological insights into the cosmopolitanism of the ancient city / Nicolas Morand

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9782490128259

2490128256

OCLC:

1426312104