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Gymnasia and Greek Identity in Ptolemaic Egypt (Hardcover)
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Gymnasia and Greek Identity in Ptolemaic Egypt (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
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This book provides the first complete study of the documentation
relevant to the gymnasium and gymnasial life in Egypt at the time
of the Ptolemies, the longest reigning Hellenistic Royal House
(323-30 BC). Paganini analyses the diffusion, characteristics,
administration, and developments of the institution of the
gymnasium in Ptolemaic Egypt and its implications for the assertion
of Greek identity. He shows how this institution and its people
were affected by the local environment and how 'those from the
gymnasium', the members of this most distinctively Greek
institution, were truly embedded in the social and cultural milieu
of the country where they lived: they were the 'Greeks' of Egypt.
Thanks to the information originating from Ptolemaic Egypt and its
papyrological sources, this work showcases the variety of
concomitant features and different traditions that were alive and
active in the Hellenistic world, thus contributing to a better
understanding of the ancient world in all its complexity and
vitality.
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