Gymnasia and Greek identity in Ptolemaic Egypt

by Paganini, Mario C. D.

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Title Statements

Full title :Gymnasia and Greek identity in Ptolemaic Egypt / Mario C.D. Paganini.

Summary

This book provides the first complete study of the documentation relevant to the gymnasium and gynasial life in Egypt at the time of the Ptolemies, the longest reigning Hellenistic Royal House (323-30 BC). Paganini analyses the diffusion, characteristics, and it's 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 social and cultural milieu of the country where they lived: they were the 'Greeks' of Egypt. Thanks to the information origination from Ptolemiac Egypt and its papyrological sources, this work showcases the variety of concomitant features and different traditions that were alive and active Hellenistic world, thus contributing to a better understanding of the ancient orld in all its complexity and vitality. -- back cover dust jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 317 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780192845801, 0192845802
oclc:on1315578084
LC Classification:GV403
Dewey Decimal:796.4068

Subjects

Egypt Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period,… Greeks Greeks -- History. -- Egypt Gymnasiums Gymnasiums -- History. -- Egypt History National characteristics, Egyptian National characteristics, Egyptian -- H… National characteristics, Greek National characteristics, Greek -- Hist… Ptolemaic dynasty