Imagination of a Monarchy : Studies in Ptolemaic Propaganda.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 When did Ptolemy II Style His Father as Ptolemaios Soter? -- The Chronological Question -- The Kleitarchan Apologetic -- 2 The Soter Era -- The Evidence and the Control Date -- The Technical Motive -- The Political Motive -- 3 The Nikouria Decree: A Hypothesis Explored -- Introduction -- A Look at the Old Arguments -- A Hypothesis Explored -- The Situation in 263 -- 4 The Grand Procession -- Introduction -- Kallixeinos' Date and Source -- The Pageant as Propaganda -- The Consequences of the Pageant -- 5 Arsinoe II and the Importance of Perception -- Arsinoe's Inglorious Career -- The Incestuous Marriage -- The Perspective of Ptolemy II -- Arsinoe's Role at Court -- The Scholarly Stand-off -- The Importance of Perception -- 6 Monarchy as Imagination: Propaganda and the Role of the Ptolemaic Queen -- Ptolemies I and II -- Ptolemy III Euergetes I and Berenike II -- Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III -- Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Kleopatra I -- Ptolemy VI Philometor and Kleopatra II -- Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and Kleopatra II -- Kleopatra III and Her Sons -- Berenike III and Ptolemy XI Alexander II -- Ptolemy XII Auletes and Kleopatra Tryphaina -- Kleopatra VII and Her Male Associates -- A Summary -- Appendices -- 1 The Date and Purpose of the Marmor Parium -- 2 Ptolemaic Officials and SIG 1.390 -- 3 A Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator -- 4 A Ptolemaic Chronology to 105 BC -- Bibliography -- Indices -- 1 Ancient Authors -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- V -- Z -- 2 Inscriptions -- 3 Greek Papyri and Ostraka -- 4 Demotic Papyri and Ostraka -- 5 Persons and Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Scholars have long known that the Egyptian Ptolemaic monarchy underwent a transformation between 323 and 30 BC, but the details of this change have proven problematic. This book presents a clear argument based on the author's theories.

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