Beyond Alexandria : literature and empire in the Seleucid world / Marijn S. Visscher.
2020
PA3083 .V57 2020
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Title
Beyond Alexandria : literature and empire in the Seleucid world / Marijn S. Visscher.
Author
Visscher, Marijn, author.
ISBN
9780190059118 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (276 pages) : maps (black and white).
Call Number
PA3083 .V57 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
880.9001
Summary
'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.
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'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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 18, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190059088
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