Imagination of a Monarchy: Studies in Ptolemaic Propaganda

by R.A. Hazzard

Scholars have long known that the Egyptian Ptolemaic monarchy underwent a transformation between 323 and 30 BC. The queens of that dynasty started as subordinates of the kings but ended as their superiors. Exactly when and how this change occurred has proven problematic for modern scholars. R.A. Hazzard argues that this change was put in motion by Ptolemy II, who glorified his sister ArsinoT and made acceptable a civilian style of kingship based on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802043135
• ISBN13: 9780802043139
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher