Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt (Women in by Dee L. Clayman

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By Dee L. Clayman

Berenice II (c. 264-221 BCE), daughter of King Magas of Cyrene and spouse of Ptolemy III Euergetes, got here to include the entire key spiritual, political, and creative beliefs of Ptolemaic Alexandria. even though she arrived there approximately friendless, with the taint of homicide round her, she grew to become probably the most finished and strong of the Macedonian queens descended from the successors of Alexander the good. She was once on the heart of a gaggle of vital poets and intellectuals linked to the Museum and Library, now not the least of which was once Callimachus, an important poet of the age. those males wrote poems not only for her, yet approximately her, and their eloquent voices projected her air of mystery extensively around the Greek-speaking international. although the diversity of Berenice's pursuits was once striking and the volume and caliber of the poetry she encouraged unprecedented, this day she is all yet identified. Assimilating the scant and scattered proof of her lifestyles, Dee L. Clayman offers a lady who used to be extra strong and engaging than we had formerly imagined. Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt offers a portrait of a girl who had entry to the cultural riches of either Greece and Egypt and who navigated her means rigorously in the course of the possibilities and risks they provided, finally utilizing them to accrue remarkable honors that have been all yet equivalent to these of the king.

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