TY - BOOK AU - Guillaume,Philippe AU - McKechnie,Paul TI - Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his world T2 - Brill eBook titles 2008 SN - 9789047424208 AV - DT92.P7 P86 2008 U1 - 932/.021092 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston PB - Brill KW - Ptolemy KW - Egypt KW - History KW - 332-30 B.C N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-454) and indexes; Preliminary Material; Paul Mckechnie and Philippe Guillaume --; Introduction; Paul Mckechnie --; Ptolemaic Royal Patronage; Oswyn Murray --; Economic Reforms In The Mid-Reign Of Ptolemy Philadelphus; Dorothy J. Thompson --; The Foreign Policy Of Ptolemy II; Céline Marquaille --; A Re-Examination Of The Chremonidean War; James L. Oneil --; The Unbalanced Relationship Between Ptolemy II And Pyrrhus Of Epirus; Geoff W. Adams --; Ogis 1 266: Kings And Contracts In The Hellenistic World; Matthew Trundle --; Egyptians In The Hellenistic Woodpile: Were Hekataios Of Abdera And Diodoros Sikeliotes Right To See Egypt In The Origins Of Greece?; Martin Bernal --; Interpretatio Graeca; Paul Mckechnie and Philippe Guillaume --; Εμ Λπδαι And Κρυκες: Eumolpids And Kērukes; Paul Mckechnie and Philippe Guillaume --; Elephants For Ptolemy II: Ptolemaic Policy In Nubia In The Third Century Bc1; Stanley M. Burstein --; Piety And Diplomacy In Apollonius Argonautica; Anatole Mori --; Maresha In The Reign Of Ptolemy II Philadelphus; Amos Kloner --; Herakleopolis Magna Under Philadelphus; Erja Salmenkivi --; Section Delta. How Has It Not Occurred To Any Of The Historians Or Poets To Make Mention Of Such Enormous Achievements?; Paul Mckechnie and Philippe Guillaume --; Section Epsilon. And With Zeus Make End, Ye Muses; Paul Mckechnie and Philippe Guillaume --; Bibliography; Paul Mckechnie and Philippe Guillaume --; General Index; Paul Mckechnie and Philippe Guillaume --; Index Of Passages Cited; Paul Mckechnie and Philippe Guillaume; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - Heir of Ptolemy son of Lagus, Alexander the Great's general (who took Egypt over in 323BC), Ptolemy II Philadelphus reigned in Alexandria from 282 to 246. The greatest of the Hellenistic kings of his time, Philadelphus exercised power far beyond the confines of Egypt, while at his glittering royal court the Library of Alexandria grew to be a matchless monument to Greek intellectual life. In Egypt the Ptolemaic régime consolidated its power by encouraging immigration and developing settlement in the Fayum. This book examines Philadelphus' reign in a comprehensive and refreshing way. Scholars from the fields of Classics, Archaeology, Papyrology, Egyptology and Biblical Studies consider issues in Egypt and across Ptolemaic territory in the Mediterranean, the Holy Land and Africa UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004170896.i-488 ER -