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200 10$aEncomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus$b[electronic resource] /$fTheocritus ; text and translation with introduction and commentary by Richard Hunter
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2003
215   $a1 online resource (245 p.)
225 1 $aHellenistic culture and society ;$v39
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 0 $a0-520-23560-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and indexes.
327   $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tCONVENTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS --$tIntroduction --$tSigla --$tCommentary --$tREFERENCES --$tGENERAL INDEX --$tINDEX OF GREEK WORDS --$tINDEX LOCORUM
330   $aUnder Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus-at once a Greek king and an Egyptian pharaoh-is the only extended poetic tribute to this extraordinary ruler that survives. Combining the Greek text, an English translation, a full line-by-line commentary, and extensive introductory studies of the poem's historical and literary context, this volume also offers a wide-ranging and far-reaching consideration of the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age. In particular, the book explores the subtle and complex links among Theocritus's poem, modes of praise drawn from both Greek and Egyptian traditions, and the subsequent flowering of Latin poetry in the Augustan age. As the first detailed account of this important poem to show how Theocritus might have drawn on the pharaonic traditions of Egypt as well as earlier Greek poetry, this book affords unique insight into how praise poetry for Ptolemy and his wife may have helped to negotiate the adaptation of Greek culture that changed conditions of the new Hellenistic world. Invaluable for its clear translation and its commentary on genre, dialect, diction, and historical reference in relation to Theocritus's Encomium, the book is also significant for what it reveals about the poem's cultural and social contexts and about Theocritus' devices for addressing his several readerships. COVER IMAGE: The image on the front cover of this book is incorrectly identified on the jacket flap. The correct caption is: Gold Oktadrachm depicting Ptolemy II and Arsinoe (mid-third century BCE; by permission of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
410  0$aHellenistic culture and society ;$v39.
606   $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical$2bisacsh
610   $aalexandria.
610   $aancient egypt.
610   $aancient greece.
610   $aaristophanes.
610   $aarsinoe ii.
610   $aart.
610   $aaugustan poetry.
610   $aclassical studies.
610   $aclouds.
610   $aegypt.
610   $aencomium.
610   $agenre studies.
610   $agreek culture.
610   $agreek poetry.
610   $agreek world.
610   $ahellenism.
610   $ahellenistic poetry.
610   $ahellenistic world.
610   $aheracles.
610   $ahomeric hymn.
610   $ahymn.
610   $aking.
610   $alatin poetry.
610   $aliterary criticism.
610   $amonarchy.
610   $amythology.
610   $apatronage.
610   $apatrons.
610   $apharaoh.
610   $apharaonic traditions.
610   $aphiladelphus.
610   $apithom stele.
610   $apoetic meter.
610   $apoetic tribute.
610   $apoetry.
610   $apoets.
610   $apraise.
610   $aptolemaic dynasty.
610   $aptolemy ii.
610   $areign.
610   $aruler.
610   $atheocritus.
610   $athird century.
610   $azeus.
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