Berenice II Euergetis: Essays in Early Hellenistic Queenship

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Springer, 3 feb 2016 - 245 pagine
Berenice II Euergetis (267/6-221 BCE), the daughter of King Magas of Cyrene (Libya) and wife of King Ptolemy III of Egypt, was queen at an important juncture in Hellenistic history. This collection of four essays focuses on aspects of chronology, genealogy and marital practices, royal ideology and queenship.
 

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Introduction
1
1 Magas Apame and Berenice II
7
2 The Marriage of Ptolemy III and Berenice II
23
3 Berenice II in Art and Artifacts
41
4 Astronomy and Ideology in the Coma Berenices
71
Conclusion
117
Appendices
131
Lunar Phases 246245 BCE
144
Time Table 323221 BCE
146
Notes
149
Bibliography
201
Index
228
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Branko van Oppen de Ruiter is visiting research scholar and curator at the Allard Pierson Museum, the archaeological museum of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. He publishes widely on Ptolemaic queens, Roman Egypt, and objects in the museum collection, as well as on modern architecture in the city of The Hague.

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