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ANCIENT ALEXANDRIA BETWEEN

EGYPT AND GREECE

COLUMBIA STUDIES

IN THE

CLASSICAL TRADITION

under the direction of

WILLIAM V. HARRIS (Editor) • EUGENE F. RICE, JR.

ALAN CAMERON • JAMES A. COULTER

RICHARD BRILLIANT • SUZANNE SAID

KATHY H. EDEN

VOLUME XXVI

ANCIENT ALEXANDRIA

BETWEEN EGYPT

AND GREECE

EDITED BY

W.V. HARRIS AND GIOVANNI RUFFINI

BRILL

LEIDEN • BOSTON

2004

On the cover : limestone stela of Psherenptah from Saqqara (41 BCE), left part of scene at top.

British Museum EA 886. Photo courtesy British Museum.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece / edited by W.V. Harris and Giovanni Ruffini

p. cm. — (Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 26)

“In their original forms, the papers were almost all written for a conference entitled,

Alexandria between Egypt and Greece, that was organized by the Center for the Ancient

Mediterranean at Columbia on October 11th and 12th, 2002.”—Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 90-04-14105-7

1. Alexandria (Egypt)—History—Congresses. 2. Egypt—History—Greco-Roman period,

332 B.C.-640 A.D.—Congresses. I. Harris, William V. (William Vernon) II. Ruffini,

Giovanni. III. Series.

DT73.A4A395 2004

932—dc22

2004054502

ISSN 0166-1302

ISBN 90 04 14105 7

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CONTENTS

Preface ........................................................................................ vii

Abbreviations .............................................................................. xi

List of Maps, Tables, Plates, and Figures ................................ xiii

Notes on the Contributors ........................................................ xvii

Chapter One Creating a Metropolis: A Comparative

Demographic Perspective ...................................................... 1

Walter Scheidel

Chapter Two Egyptian Elite Self-Presentation in the

Context of Ptolemaic Rule .................................................... 33

John Baines

Chapter Three Posidippus’ Poetry Book: Where Macedon

Meets Egypt ............................................................................ 63

Susan Stephens

Chapter Four Realismo ed eclettismo nell’arte

alessandrina ............................................................................ 87

Nicola Bonacasa

Chapter Five Les hiérothytes alexandrins: une magistrature

grecque dans la capitale lagide ............................................ 99

Fabienne Burkhalter

Chapter Six The oikos of Alexandria ...................................... 115

Livia Capponi

Chapter Seven Portrayals of the Wise and Virtuous in

Alexandrian Jewish Works: Jews’ Perceptions of

Themselves and Others .......................................................... 125

Ellen Birnbaum

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