Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus, Volume 39 by Theocritus

Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus, Volume 39

Hellenistic Culture and Society

Theocritus with Richard Hunter (Translator)

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nonfiction classics history literary poetry
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Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus--at once a Greek king and an Egyptian p...

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