Ptolemy I Soter : a self-made man /

Ptolemy I Soter : a self-made man /

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Imprint:	Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018. ©2018
Description:	x, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Ptolemy -- I Soter, -- King of Egypt, -- -283 B.C. Ptolemy -- I Soter, -- King of Egypt, -- -283 B.C. Pharaohs -- Biography. Pharaohs. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11763203

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Other authors / contributors:	Howe, Timothy, editor.
ISBN:	1789250420 9781789250428
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	As the founder of the longest-lasting of all the Hellenistic kingdoms, not only was Ptolemy I an able soldier and ruler, he was also an historian and, in Egyptian eyes, a living god. His own inclination and experience facilitated continuous acts of self-creation in a variety of forms, whether literary, dynastic, artistic, or political. His work on Alexander and his campaigns was used by the later Alexander historians, and was one of Arrian's major sources for his Anabasis. In the pages of his own history, Ptolemy constructed a self-portrait characterized by military courage and deep friendship with Alexander. As ruler of the Egyptian kingdom, Ptolemy experienced an elevated model of kingship very different from the Macedonian one: he consciously embraced the divinity of the Pharaoh, a construct that had little to do with the real man who wore the crowns. This book, written by field experts in numismatics, gender, warfare, historiography, Egyptology and religion, examine the many ways in which Alexander the Great's most successful successor consciously made his own legacy.

Table of Contents:

List of Contributors
List of illustrations
Foreword
Map of Hellenistic Egypt
Map of Hellenistic Kingdoms
1. Ptolemy: A Man of His Own Making
2. Ptolemy and the Destruction of the First Regency
3. Building a Dynasty: The Families of Ptolemy I Soter
4. The Currency Reforms and Character of Ptolemy I Soter
5. Ptolemy I: Politics, Religion and the Transition to Hellenistic Egypt
6. Ptolemy Son of Lagos and the Egyptian Elite
7. Kings Don't Lie: Truthtelling, Historiography and Ptolemy I Soter
Index