Alexandria and Alexandrianism
Alexandria and Alexandrianism

Author: J. Paul Getty Museum

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1996-09-26

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0892362928

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One of the great seats of learning and repositories of knowledge in the ancient world, Alexandria, and the great school of thought to which it gave its name, made a vital contribution to the development of intellectual and cultural heritage in the Occidental world. This book brings together twenty papers delivered at a symposium held at the J. Paul Getty Museum on the subject of Alexandria and Alexandrianism. Subjects range from “The Library of Alexandria and Ancient Egyptian Learning” and “Alexander’s Alexandria” to “Alexandria and the Origins of Baroque Architecture.” With nearly two hundred illustrations, this handsome volume presents some of the world’s leading scholars on the continuing influence and fascination of this great city. The distinguished contributors include Peter Green, R. R. R. Smith, and the late Bernard Bothmer.

Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus
Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus

Author: Giorgos Papantoniou

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-10-16

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 9004233806

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By focusing on religion, this monograph represents the first extended attempt to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent.

Histories of the Middle East
Histories of the Middle East

Author: Roxani Eleni Margariti

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-12-20

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9004184279

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Dedicated to their teacher, Abraham L. Udovitch, his students offer in this volume a chronologically, geographically and thematically wide range of papers united by an emphasis on a close reading of primary sources and the juxtaposition of different genres of narratives.

Augustus: From Republic to Empire
Augustus: From Republic to Empire

Author: Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-02-28

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1784917818

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Proceedings from the conference ‘AUGUSTUS. 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD – 2000 years of divinity’ held in Kakow, 2014. Papers deal with a variety of topics ranging from architecture, urban issues and painting to fine art represented by glyptics and numismatics.

Early Christianity in Alexandria
Early Christianity in Alexandria

Author: M. David Litwa

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-12-21

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1009449559

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Utilizing the Nag Hammadi codices and early Christian writings, this book explores the earliest development of Christianity in Alexandria.

The Greek World After Alexander 323-30 BC
The Greek World After Alexander 323-30 BC

Author: Graham Shipley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 601

ISBN-13: 1134065310

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The Greek World After Alexander 323–30 BC examines social changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new post-Alexandrian kingdoms. An appraisal of the momentous military and political changes after the era of Alexander, this book considers developments in literature, religion, philosophy, and science, and establishes how far they are presented as radical departures from the culture of Classical Greece or were continuous developments from it. Graham Shipley explores the culture of the Hellenistic world in the context of the social divisions between an educated elite and a general population at once more mobile and less involved in the political life of the Greek city.

Hellenistic Alexandria: Celebrating 24 Centuries – Papers presented at the conference held on December 13–15 2017 at Acropolis Museum, Athens
Hellenistic Alexandria: Celebrating 24 Centuries – Papers presented at the conference held on December 13–15 2017 at Acropolis Museum, Athens

Author: Christos S. Zerefos

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2019-02-28

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1789690676

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This proceedings volume includes high-level dialogues and philosophical discussions between international experts on Hellenistic Alexandria. The goal was to celebrate the 24 centuries which have elapsed since its foundation and the beginning of the Library and the Museum of Alexandria.

The Egyptian Elite as Roman Citizens
The Egyptian Elite as Roman Citizens

Author: Giorgia Cafici

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-07-19

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 9004459561

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In The Egyptian Elite as Roman Citizens: Looking at Ptolemaic Private Portraiture Giorgia Cafici offers the analysis of private, male portrait sculptures as attested in Egypt between the end of the Ptolemaic and the beginning of the Roman Period.