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Kevin Wilson weist nach, daß der Feldzug des Pharao Schischak I nach Palästina (926 B.C.E.) sich gegen das Königreich Juda richtete und dem Zweck diente, Jerobeam in seinem Bestreben, Israel als eigenständigen Staat zu regieren, zu unterstützen. Belege für diesen Feldzug finden sich im Alten Testament (1 Kg 14,25–28; 2 Chr 12,1–12), auf einem Triumphrelief für Schischak in Karnak, und auf dem Fragment einer Stele in Megiddo.
Pharaohs --- History. --- Shoshenq --- Egypt --- Palestine --- Egypt --- Relations --- Relations --- History --- Campaign of Pharaoh Shoshenq I --- Religionswissenschaft --- Altes Testament --- Antike Religionsgeschichte
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The story of Egypt is the story of history itself-the endless rise and fall, the life and death and life again of the eternal human effort to endure, enjoy, and understand the mystery of our universe. Emerging from the ancient mists of time, Egypt met the challenge of the mystery in a glorious evolution of religious, intellectual, and political institutions and for two millenniums flourished with all the vigor that the human heart can invest in a social and cultural order. Then Egypt began to crumble into the desert sands and the waters of the Nile, and her remarkable achievements in civilization became her lingering epitaph. John A. Wilson has written a rich and interpretive biography of one of the greatest cultural periods in human experience. He answers-as best the modern Egyptologist can-the questions inevitably asked concerning the dissolution of Egypt's glory. Here is scholarship in its finest form, concerned with the humanity that has preceded us, and finding in man's past grandeur and failure much meaning for men of today.
Egypt --- Civilization. --- ancient egypt, world civilizations, egyptology, archeology, geology, hydrology, nile, river, pharaoh, dynasty, monarchy, wealth, power, art, tutankhamun, nefertiti, akhenaten, oriental institute, africa, asia, slaves, mercenaries, commerce, community, pyramids, copper, language, colossi, colonialism, death, mortality, desert, democratization, decentralization, determinism, famine, empire, irrigation, invasion, king, law, nature, osiris, philistines, palestine, pottery, priest, nonfiction, history.
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Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus-at once a Greek king and an Egyptian pharaoh-is the only extended poetic tribute to this extraordinary ruler that survives. Combining the Greek text, an English translation, a full line-by-line commentary, and extensive introductory studies of the poem's historical and literary context, this volume also offers a wide-ranging and far-reaching consideration of the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age. In particular, the book explores the subtle and complex links among Theocritus's poem, modes of praise drawn from both Greek and Egyptian traditions, and the subsequent flowering of Latin poetry in the Augustan age. As the first detailed account of this important poem to show how Theocritus might have drawn on the pharaonic traditions of Egypt as well as earlier Greek poetry, this book affords unique insight into how praise poetry for Ptolemy and his wife may have helped to negotiate the adaptation of Greek culture that changed conditions of the new Hellenistic world. Invaluable for its clear translation and its commentary on genre, dialect, diction, and historical reference in relation to Theocritus's Encomium, the book is also significant for what it reveals about the poem's cultural and social contexts and about Theocritus' devices for addressing his several readerships. COVER IMAGE: The image on the front cover of this book is incorrectly identified on the jacket flap. The correct caption is: Gold Oktadrachm depicting Ptolemy II and Arsinoe (mid-third century BCE; by permission of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Ptolemy II Philadelphus, King of Egypt --- Theocritus --- Ptolemy --- Ptolemaeus --- Ptolemy II Philadelphus --- Poetry --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- alexandria. --- ancient egypt. --- ancient greece. --- aristophanes. --- arsinoe ii. --- art. --- augustan poetry. --- classical studies. --- clouds. --- egypt. --- encomium. --- genre studies. --- greek culture. --- greek poetry. --- greek world. --- hellenism. --- hellenistic poetry. --- hellenistic world. --- heracles. --- homeric hymn. --- hymn. --- king. --- latin poetry. --- literary criticism. --- monarchy. --- mythology. --- patronage. --- patrons. --- pharaoh. --- pharaonic traditions. --- philadelphus. --- pithom stele. --- poetic meter. --- poetic tribute. --- poetry. --- poets. --- praise. --- ptolemaic dynasty. --- ptolemy ii. --- reign. --- ruler. --- theocritus. --- third century. --- zeus.
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Cleopatra-a brave, astute, and charming woman who spoke many languages, entertained lavishly, hunted, went into battle, eliminated siblings to consolidate her power, and held off the threat of Imperial Rome to protect her country as long as she could-continues to fascinate centuries after she ruled Egypt. These wide-ranging essays explore such topics as Cleopatra's controversial trip to Rome, her suicide by snake bite, and the afterlife of her love potions. They view Cleopatra from the Egyptian perspective, and examine the reception in Rome of Egyptian culture, especially of its religion and architecture. They discuss films about her, and consider what inspired Egyptomania in early modern art. Together, these essays illuminate Cleopatra's legacy and illustrate how it has been used and reused through the centuries.
Queens --- Egypt, Ancient. --- Art, Ancient --- Egypt --- Architecture, Ancient --- Egypt. --- Religion. --- Cleopatra, --- Rome --- History --- Kings and rulers --- ancient egypt religion. --- ancient egypt. --- ancient egyptian architecture. --- ancient egyptian rulers. --- ancient egyptian women. --- ancient history. --- ancient pharaoh. --- ancient roman politics. --- ancient rome. --- classical studies. --- cleopatra afterlife. --- cleopatra and egypt. --- cleopatra and rome. --- cleopatra love potions. --- cleopatra vii. --- early modern art. --- egyptian culture. --- egyptian religion. --- egyptomania. --- historic women figures. --- imperial rome. --- life of cleopatra. --- political history. --- roman history. --- rome and egypt. --- women in history. --- Cléopâtre vii (reine d'égypte ; 0069-0030 av. j.-c.)
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