Alexandria

Alexandria
Author: Niall Finneran
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN:

Alexandria was one of the most important cities of the ancient world, with achievements in the arts, sciences, and religion. Niall Finneran seeks to understand the wider picture, the longer period of evolution as a city, as both an urban concept and a literary and historical ideal. He does this by bringing together the disciplines of archaeology, anthropology, history, geography, oral history, art, and literature. As a result, Alexandria is seen as a unique example of African urbanism, an Egyptian city facing the wider Mediterranean world, which became an archetype for social, religious, and cultural cosmopolitanism.

Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth

Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004411615

In Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth: Narratives, Allegories, and Arguments, a fresh and more complete image of Philo of Alexandria as a careful reader, interpreter, and critic of Greek literature is offered. Greek mythology plays a significant role in Philo of Alexandria’s exegetical oeuvre. Philo explicitly adopts or subtly evokes narratives, episodes and figures from Greek mythology as symbols whose didactic function we need to unravel, exactly as the hidden teaching of Moses’ narration has to be revealed by interpreters of Bible. By analyzing specific mythologems and narrative cycles, the contributions to this volume pave the way to a better understanding of Philo’s different attitudes towards literary and philosophical mythology.

Alexandria 5

Alexandria 5
Author: David Fideler
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2000-04-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781890482756

"In ancient Egypt, the city of Alexandria was a flourishing cultural center where philosophical, spiritual, and cosmological teachings flowed together to create vital new syntheses. Today, Alexandria provides a meeting place for everyone who is interested in ancient and modern cosmological speculation, and how the humanities may contribute to contemporary life"--Page 4 of cover.

Not Out Of Africa

Not Out Of Africa
Author: Mary Lefkowitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2008-08-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0786723971

Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria? Do we owe the underlying tenets of our democratic civilizaiton to the Africans? Mary Lefkowitz explains why politically motivated histories of the ancient world are being written and shows how Afrocentrist claims blatantly contradict the historical evidence. Not Out of Africa is an important book that protects and argues for the necessity of historical truths and standards in cultural education.For this new paperback edition, Mary Lefkowitz has written an epilogue in which she responds to her critics and offers topics for further discussion. She has also added supplementary notes, a bibliography with suggestions for further reading, and a glossary of names.

The North Wind

The North Wind
Author: Alexandria Warwick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2024-05-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1668065177

Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the myth of Hades and Persephone, this lush and enchanting enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Scarlett St. Clair. Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it’s Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer. For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind, a dangerous immortal whose heart is said to be as frigid as the land he rules. And the time has come to choose his bride. When the North Wind sets his eyes on Wren’s sister, Wren will do anything to save her—even if it means sacrificing herself in the process. But mortal or not, Wren won’t go down without a fight… The North Wind is a stand-alone, enemies-to-lovers slow-burn fantasy romance, the first in a series sprinkled with Greek mythology.

Libraries in the Ancient World

Libraries in the Ancient World
Author: Lionel Casson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300088094

The unexpected murder in the little Cotswolds town of Colombury has everyone guessing. Before the answers are found more lives are threatened.

Alexandria

Alexandria
Author: David R. Fideler
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780933999541

Journal of cosmology, philosophy, myth, and culture.

Cleopatra

Cleopatra
Author: Michel Chauveau
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780801489532

Cleopatra: kohl and vipers, barges and thrones, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. We have long been schooled in the myth of the Egyptian ruler. In his new book Michel Chauveau brings us a picture of her firmly based in reality. Cleopatra VII reigned in Egypt between 51 and 30 B.C.E. Her primary goal as a ruler was to restore over the eastern Mediterranean the supremacy of the Lagides, the dynasty of Macedonian origin of which she herself was a descendant. We know the queen best from Greek and Latin sources, though these must be used with caution because of their bias. Understandably enough, they reflect not only matters of interest to Romans, but also the propaganda that Octavian used against the queen during his struggles with Mark Antony. Chauveau combines his knowledge of Egyptian sources with judicious use of classical materials to produce an authoritative biography of Cleopatra, the woman and queen, seen in the light of the turbulent era in which she lived.

Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt

Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt
Author: Marjorie Susan Venit
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2016
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1107048087

This book explores the visual narratives of a group of decorated tombs from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt (c.300 BCE-250 CE). The author contextualizes the tombs within their social, political, and religious context and considers how the multicultural population of Graeco-Roman Egypt chose to negotiate death and the afterlife.