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As one of the greatest cities of antiquity, Alexandria has always
been a severe challenge to its historians, all the more so because
the surviving evidence, material and textual, is so disparate. New
archaeological and literary discoveries and the startling diversity
of ancient Alexandria (so reminiscent of some modern cities) add to
the interest. The present volume contains the papers given at a
conference at Columbia University in 2002 which attempted to lay
some of the foundations for a new history of Alexandria by
considering, in particular, its position between the traditions and
life of Egypt on the one hand, and on the other the immigrants who
came there from Greece and elsewhere in the wake of the founder
Alexander of Macedon.
This volume, which replaces Girgis's outdated prosopography from
1938, is an annotated record of every person attested in the
Byzantine-era papyri from the middle Egyptian village of Aphrodito.
Its papyri make Aphrodito the best attested village for this time
period with implications for the study of rural life throughout
Late Antiquity. For each entry, the author lists all the relevant
texts and all known information about that person's social status,
political position and family relations with a summary of
activities for each attestation. The volume is indispensable for
any scholar working with texts from Aphrodito and valuable for all
concerned specifically with Egypt and more generally with rural
life in Late Antiquity.
A collection of primary sources detailing the life and career of
Oliver Lee Neer (1858-1935).
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