Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus: Volume 39

by Theocritus

Under 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520235606
• ISBN13: 9780520235601
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.7"