Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt

by Naphtali Lewis

Book Overview

The extensive conquests of Alexander the Great were followed by a flood of greek migration into lands formerly ruled by Persia, among them, Egypt. The survival of Egyptian family archives makes it possible to study the fortunes of some of these immigrants with an immediacy unmatched by any other ancient source. These archives tell such stories as the engineer Kleon's battle with problems of irrigation and silting, while the district officer Diophanes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198148674
• ISBN13: 9780198148678
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.8"