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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ian Rutherford (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, University of Reading)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.600kg ISBN: 9780199656127ISBN 10: 0199656126 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 18 February 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAs I read many of the chapters of this excellent book, I wondered what a 'smoking gun' in this context would look like, a piece of evidence that...demonstrates the Egyptian origins of the Greek novel, the exact manner of transmission of a bit of Hermetic wisdom, or that Callimachus' poem of capillary catasterization was incontrovertibly part of Queen Berenike's attempt to portray herself as Hathor...we look for that 'smoking gun, ' and as we keep finding countless spent shell-casings that attest to Greco-Egyptian interaction, it seems wise to look elsewhere than Greece and Egypt for comparanda that may illuminate how that interaction occurred. The important questions that are tackled in this book are being asked also by experts in other times and places...Rutherford is ideally suited for the tricky task of encouraging such comparisons...<em>Greco-Egyptian Interactions</em> is a worthy addition to his innovative, diverse, and ambitious body of work. --Felipe Rojas, <em>Bryn Mawr Classical Review</em> As I read many of the chapters of this excellent book, I wondered what a 'smoking gun' in this context would look like, a piece of evidence that...demonstrates the Egyptian origins of the Greek novel, the exact manner of transmission of a bit of Hermetic wisdom, or that Callimachus' poem of capillary catasterization was incontrovertibly part of Queen Berenike's attempt to portray herself as Hathor...we look for that 'smoking gun, ' and as we keep finding countless spent shell-casings that attest to Greco-Egyptian interaction, it seems wise to look elsewhere than Greece and Egypt for comparanda that may illuminate how that interaction occurred. The important questions that are tackled in this book are being asked also by experts in other times and places...Rutherford is ideally suited for the tricky task of encouraging such comparisons...Greco-Egyptian Interactions is a worthy addition to his innovative, diverse, and ambitious body of work. --Felipe Rojas, Bryn Mawr Classical Review a compact and very informative collection of papers, which will certainly advance the appreciation and awareness of Greco-Egyptian cultural interactions. * Matthew L. Skuse, Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections * Author InformationIan Rutherford is Professor of Classics at the University of Reading. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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