Ptolemy was the creator of the longest lasting of the Hellenistic
kingdoms. He created a state whose cultural importance was
unparalleled until the coming of Rome. He encouraged the erection
of the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient
world, as well as creating a library which eventually contained the
greatest collection of books until relatively recent times.
Ptolemy's institution of higher learning, the Museum, gave birth to
the greatest advancements in science before the seventeenth century
of our own era. In this work, the first biography of Ptolemy in any
language, Professor Ellis charts Ptolemy's extraordinary
achievements in and beyond Egypt in the context of the
fragmentation of Alexander's enormous empire and the creation of
the Hellenistic state.
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