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Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis in the era between Alexander and Augustus. Now thoroughly revised and updated, this masterful account is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient Egypt or the Hellenistic world.The relationship of the native population with the Greek-speaking immigrants is illustrated in Thompson's analysis of the position of Memphite priests within the Ptolemaic state. Egyptians continued to control mummification and the cult of the dead; the undertakers of the Memphite necropolis were barely touched by things Greek. The cult of the living Apis bull also remained primarily Egyptian; yet on death the bull, deified as Osorapis, became Sarapis for the Greeks. Within this god's sacred enclosure, the Sarapieion, is found a strange amalgam of Greek and Egyptian cultures.
Ptolemaic dynasty, --- Memphis (Extinct city) --- Memphis (Ville ancienne) --- Civilization. --- Civilisation --- Civilization --- Ptolemaic dynasty --- Ptolemaic dynasty,-305 B.C.-30 B.C. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Alexandria. --- Aphrodite priests. --- Apis calves. --- Black Sea region. --- Darius III. --- Eudoxos of Knidos. --- Hellenomemphites. --- Herme. --- Jeremiah, prophet. --- Kallikrates of Samos. --- Kom el Nawa. --- Leptines. --- Lykopolis. --- Memphite nome. --- Menes. --- Nubia and Nubians. --- Octavian. --- Persians. --- Red Sea, ports. --- acropolis. --- agriculture. --- bakers. --- burial rites. --- cereals. --- citadel. --- coronations. --- dockyards. --- dykes. --- fertility rites. --- foreign communities. --- fortune-telling. --- garrison troops. --- gymnasium. --- imports. --- investment, capital. --- irrigation. --- jewelry. --- limestone. --- mobility, social. --- musicians, priestess. --- ostraka. --- patronage. --- philosophers. --- pilgrims. --- priests. --- quarters of the city. --- sacrifices. --- shipbuilding. --- stoneworking. --- terracotta. --- violence. --- Egypt --- Antiquities --- Ptolemaic dynasty, - 305-30 B.C
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This is the only substantial and up-to-date reference work on the Ptolemaic army. Employing Greek and Egyptian papyri and inscriptions, and building on approaches developed in state-formation theory, it offers a coherent account of how the changing structures of the army in Egypt after Alexander's conquest led to the development of an ethnically more integrated society. A new tripartite division of Ptolemaic history challenges the idea of gradual decline, and emphasizes the reshaping of military structures that took place between c.220 and c.160 BC in response to changes in the nature of warfare, mobilization and demobilization, and financial constraints. An investigation of the socio-economic role played by soldiers permits a reassessment of the cleruchic system and shows how soldiers' associations generated interethnic group solidarity. By integrating Egyptian evidence, Christelle Fischer-Bovet also demonstrates that the connection between the army and local temples offered new ways for Greeks and Egyptians to interact.
Ancient history --- Antiquity --- Egypt --- Forces armées --- Armies --- Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. --- Aspect social --- History. --- History --- Sociology, Military --- Armies. --- Sociology, Military. --- Gesellschaft. --- Militär. --- Ptolemaic dynasty, --- Egypt. --- To 1500. --- Ägypten. --- History, Military --- Military sociology --- Armed Forces --- Peace --- War --- War and society --- Army --- Military power --- مصر. --- Ptolemaic dynasty, 305 B.C.-30 B.C. --- Égypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- جمهورية مصر العربية --- مِصر --- مَصر --- Maṣr --- Khēmi --- エジプト --- Ejiputo --- Egypti --- Egypten --- מצרים --- United Arab Republic --- Egyptian Army --- Egyptian Ground Forces --- Jaysh al-Miṣrī --- Qūwwāt al-Baḥrīyah al-Miṣrīyah --- جيش المصري --- قوات البرية المصرية --- Forces armées
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