Alexandria: A Cultural and Religious Melting Pot

by George Hinge

Throughout the entire span of Graeco-Roman antiquity, Alexandria represented a meeting place for many ethnic cultures and the city itself was subject to a wide range of local developments, which created and formatted a distinct Alexandrine 'culture' as well as several distinct 'cultures'. Ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish observers communicated or held claim to that particular message. Hence, Arrian, Theocritus, Strabo, and Athenaeus reported their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8779344917
• ISBN13: 9788779344914
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.4"