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Egyptian Things: Translating Egypt to Early Imperial Rome

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Availability:In StockContributor:Edward William KeltingPublish date:2024-11-19Pages:260
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520402188ISBN-10:520402189UPC:9780520402188Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:RomeSize:8.82 x 5.98 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCSX571NFM
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After the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, Rome finally took control of Egypt. This occupation simultaneously facilitated and circumscribed the exchange of goods, people, and ideas along the paths carved across Rome's burgeoning empire. In this book, Edward Kelting sets out to recapture one of these systems of exchange: the vibrant literary tradition known as Aegyptiaca--or "Egyptian things"--in which culturally mixed authors wrote about Egypt for a Greek and Roman audience. These authors have been dismissed as not really "Egyptian," and their contemporary popularity has been ignored. But as Kelting powerfully argues, this genre in fact constitutes a vibrant intellectual tradition, developed from heterogeneous influences but deeply engaged with Egypt's pharaonic past. In contrast to usual narratives of Roman domination, Kelting uncovers a complex project of political engagement and cultural translation in which Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all participated.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520402188ISBN-10:520402189UPC:9780520402188Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:RomeSize:8.82 x 5.98 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCSX571NFM
Edward William Kelting is Assistant Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.
Publisher: University of California Press

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