Description: Ptolemy I Soter: A Self-Made Man Timothy Howe(Editor) 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. The chapters in 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 ContentsList of ContributorsList of IllustrationsForewordMap of Hellenistic EgyptMap of Hellenistic Kingdoms1. Ptolemy: A Man of His Own MakingWaldemar Heckel2. Ptolemy and the Destruction of the First RegencyEdward Anson3. Building a Dynasty: The Families of Ptolemy I SoterSheila Ager4. The Currency Reforms and Character of Ptolemy I SoterCatherine Lorber5. Ptolemy I: Politics, Religion and the Transition to Hellenistic EgyptS. G. Caneva6. Ptolemy Son of Lagos and the Egyptian EliteGilles Gorre7. Kings Don’t Lie: Truthtelling, Historiography and Ptolemy I SoterTimothy HoweIndex ISBN: 9781789250428Published by Oxbow BooksYear of Publication: 2018English208 pagesPaperback
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Book Title: Ptolemy I Soter
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Author: Timothy Howe
Publication Name: Ptolemy I Soter : a Self-Made Man
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Subject: Ancient / Greece, Cosmology, Ancient / Egypt
Publisher: Oxbow Books, The Limited
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Science, History
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
