TY - GEN N2 - 'Beyond Alexandria' argues for the existence of a distinctive Seleucid literature, with its own preferred genres and thematic concerns. It proposes new readings of these authors and argues that they can be understood only in the wider political context, especially in relation to the Ptolemies as the Seleucids' main rivals. AB - 'Beyond Alexandria' argues for the existence of a distinctive Seleucid literature, with its own preferred genres and thematic concerns. It proposes new readings of these authors and argues that they can be understood only in the wider political context, especially in relation to the Ptolemies as the Seleucids' main rivals. T1 - Beyond Alexandria :literature and empire in the Seleucid world / AU - Visscher, Marijn, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - PA3083 ID - 945956 KW - Greek literature, Hellenistic KW - Seleucids. SN - 9780190059118 TI - Beyond Alexandria :literature and empire in the Seleucid world / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190059088.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190059088.001.0001 ER -