Gymnasia and Greek identity in Ptolemaic Egypt /

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Author / Creator:	Paganini, Mario C. D., author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. ©2022
Description:	xiv, 315 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford classical monographs Oxford classical monographs.
Subject:	Ptolemaic dynasty, -- 305-30 B.C. Gymnasiums -- Egypt -- History. Greeks -- Egypt -- History. National characteristics, Greek -- History. National characteristics, Egyptian -- History. Greeks. Gymnasiums. National characteristics, Egyptian. National characteristics, Greek. Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D. Egypt. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12719837

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ISBN:	0192845802 9780192845801
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	"This book provides the first complete study of the documentation relevant to the gymnasium and gymnasial life in Egypt at the time of the Ptolemies, the longest reigning Hellenistic Royal House (323-30 BC). 0Paganini analyses the diffusion, characteristics, administration, and developments of the institution of the gymnasium in Ptolemaic Egypt and its implications for the assertion of Greek identity. He shows how this institution and its people were affected by the local environment and how 'those from the gymnasium', the members of this most distinctively Greek institution, were truly embedded in the social and cultural milieu of the country where they lived: they were the 'Greeks' of Egypt. 0Thanks to the information originating from Ptolemaic Egypt and its papyrological sources, this work showcases the variety of concomitant features and different traditions that were alive and active in the Hellenistic world, thus contributing to a better understanding of the ancient world in all its complexity and vitality"--Back cover.

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