History of the Ptolemaic Empire: H÷lbl,Gnnther: 9780415201452: Book: History: eCampus.com

Ptolemaic rule in Egypt began with the death of Alexander in 323 BC and continued until the tragic deaths of Antony and Cleopatra in 30 BC. Gunther Holbl provides an integrated and compelling narrative of the political and religious history of these three centuries. He writes as an authority both on Egyptian religion and archaeology and on the demotic texts, as well as on the Greek sources. His work commands the whole field of Ptolemaic history and encompasses the most up-to-date findings of scholars in several fields and has occasioned many revisions of long held views.

List of illustrations

Foreword

xii

Preface

xiv

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations and references

xvi

Introduction

(6)

PART I The beginning and the golden age of Ptolemaic rule

(118)

Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I Soter (332--282)

(26)

Alexander and Egypt (332--323)

(5)

Ptolemy the satrap (323--306)

(6)

The rule of Ptolemy I Soter as King (306/4-283/2)

(15)

The empire under the second and third Ptolemies (282-222)

(42)

Political development under Ptolemy II Philadelphos (282-246)

(11)

Politics and imperial history under Ptolemy III Euergetes I (236-222)

(8)

Ptolemaic activities outside the eastern Mediterranean

(4)

Situation within the empire

(8)

Main elements of the policies of the second and third Ptolemies

(11)

Royal ideology and religious policy from Alexander the Great to Ptolemy III

(48)

The pharaoh -- Egyptian priests and temples

(13)

Basileus, Hellenistic ruler cult and the Greek gods

(8)

The search for values to bind together the peoples of the kingdom

(27)

PART II Change and decline of the Hellenistic state of the Ptolomies

125

(54)

Foreign policy and dynastic history from Ptolemy IV to the `Day of Eleusis' (221-168)

127

(26)

Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-204) and the Fourth Syrian War (219--217)

127

(7)

Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204-180) and the loss of the eastern Mediterranean empire

134

(9)

The first years of Ptolemy VI Philometor and the Sixth Syrian War (180-168)

143

(10)

Domestic resistance and the Pharaonic state in Thebes (206-186)

153

(7)

The sacred kingship from Ptolemy IV until the early years of Ptolemy VI

160

(19)

Egyptian building at the time of Philopator and Epiphanes

160

(2)

Priestly decrees and worship of the Ptolemies in the Egyptian community

162

(7)

Greek cults of the Ptolemies and dynastic gods

169

(10)

PART III The Ptolemic kingdom under the shadow of Roman power

179

(139)

History of the kingdom and dynasty from the withdrawal of Antiochos IV to the interlude of Ptolemy XI (168-80)

181

(41)

Ptolemy VI Philometor (until 145)

181

(13)

Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and his two queens Cleopatra II and III (145-116)

194

(10)

Dynastic power struggles at the turn of the century: Ptolemy IX, X and XI (116-80)

204

(18)

The final period: Egypt in the political designs of Roman leaders (80-30)

222

(35)

Ptolemy XII neos Dionysos (80-51)

222

(9)

Cleopatra VII Philopator (51-30)

231

(26)

Religious culture and divine kingship from Ptolemy VI to Cleopatra VII

257

(61)

The pharaoh and the Egyptian sanctuaries

257

(28)

The Hellenistic king and the offices of the eponymous priests from Ptolemy VI to the last years of Ptolemy IX

285

(4)

Divine rule under Cleopatra VII

289

(29)

Epilogue Fundamentals of the development of the Ptolemaic kingdom

304

(9)

Bibliographical supplement

313

(5)

Appendix Overview of the events discussed in the history of the Ptolemaic kingdom

318

Stemma 1 The Ptolemic family to Ptolemy V

354

Stemma 2 The Ptolemic family from Ptolemy V to the end of their history

356

Stemma 3 Marriage ties between the Ptolemaic women and the Seleukid court beginning in the mid-second century

358

Index

Names of people and gods

360

Geographic terms

367

General index

371

Map 1 The Ptolemaic empire as a great power in the eastern Mediterranean basin

374

Map 2 Ptolemaic Egypt

376

Map 3 Alexandria in 30 BC

378


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