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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ian Worthington (Curators' Professor of History at the University of Missouri, Curators' Professor of History at the University of Missouri)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780190202330ISBN 10: 0190202335 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 15 December 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , 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 ContentsCONTENTS List of Maps and Figures Ancient Works and Abbreviations Map 1. Alexander's Empire Map 2. Greece and Macedonia Map 3. The Hellenistic World Map 4. Egypt and Syria Introduction: From Cleopatra to Ptolemy 1. The Young Ptolemy 2. Invading Persia with Alexander 3. The Campaign in Afghanistan 4. To India and Back 5. Ptolemy and the Rise of the Successors 6. From Babylon to Egypt 7. Ptolemy under Attack 8. Alexander's Corpse 9. From Satrap to King 10. First Among Equals 11. Ptolemy and Egypt 12. The End - and Beyond Appendix 1: Ptolemy's History of Alexander Appendix 2: The Sources of Information Timeline V111 Bibliography Index IndexReviewsPtolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt is a welcome addition to Ian Worthington's many distinguished contributions to the history of late fourth century BC Greece. Ptolemy I was the most successful of Alexander the Great's Successors, the founder of the longest lived Egyptian dynasty and the author of a history that is the ultimate source of most of our knowledge of Alexander's reign. Now, finally, readers have a vividly written biography of the king that is firmly based on current scholarship. -Stanley M. Burstein, author of The Reign of Cleopatra This new biography of Ptolemy I is fitting tribute to a unique ruler it rightly describes as 'one of a kind.' Bringing him out of the shadows of his contemporaries and placing him center-stage in the dramatic events of the late fourth century BC, Ptolemy emerges as the ultimate survivor in a dangerous world, his life story combining daring adventure with consummate statecraft. As 'a sterling example of a king, soldier, statesman and intellectual, ' Ptolemy laid solid foundations for the Ptolemaic dynasty named after him and whose three centuries' rule over Egypt and much of the ancient world would culminate in the great Cleopatra herself. -Joann Fletcher, author of The Story of Egypt and Cleopatra the Great Ptolemy I is a much needed new biography of one of the most underrated figures of antiquity--polymath, historian, general, king, and nation builder--thanks to the accustomed erudition, scholarship, and engaging prose of Ian Worthington, who is becoming one of our most trusted and interesting biographers of the ancient Greek world. --Victor Davis Hanson, author of The Savior Generals """This book ... can be read as an introduction to the narrative history of the period, from the rise of Philip of Macedonia to the solidification of the Hellenistic kingdoms, in which the main features and developments of the period are presented."" --Charlotte Van Regenmortel, Bryn Mawr Classical Review ""Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt is a welcome addition to Ian Worthington's many distinguished contributions to the history of late fourth century BC Greece. Ptolemy I was the most successful of Alexander the Great's Successors, the founder of the longest lived Egyptian dynasty and the author of a history that is the ultimate source of most of our knowledge of Alexander's reign. Now, finally, readers have a vividly written biography of the king that is firmly based on current scholarship."" -Stanley M. Burstein, author of The Reign of Cleopatra ""This new biography of Ptolemy I is fitting tribute to a unique ruler it rightly describes as 'one of a kind.' Bringing him out of the shadows of his contemporaries and placing him center-stage in the dramatic events of the late fourth century BC, Ptolemy emerges as the ultimate survivor in a dangerous world, his life story combining daring adventure with consummate statecraft. As 'a sterling example of a king, soldier, statesman and intellectual,' Ptolemy laid solid foundations for the Ptolemaic dynasty named after him and whose three centuries' rule over Egypt and much of the ancient world would culminate in the great Cleopatra herself.""-Joann Fletcher, author of The Story of Egypt and Cleopatra the Great ""Ptolemy I is a much needed new biography of one of the most underrated figures of antiquity--polymath, historian, general, king, and nation builder--thanks to the accustomed erudition, scholarship, and engaging prose of Ian Worthington, who is becoming one of our most trusted and interesting biographers of the ancient Greek world."" --Victor Davis Hanson, author of The Savior Generals" <em>Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt</em> is a welcome addition to Ian Worthington's many distinguished contributions to the history of late fourth century BC Greece. Ptolemy I was the most successful of Alexander the Great's Successors, the founder of the longest lived Egyptian dynasty and the author of a history that is the ultimate source of most of our knowledge of Alexander's reign. Now, finally, readers have a vividly written biography of the king that is firmly based on current scholarship. -Stanley M. Burstein, author of <em>The Reign of Cleopatra</em> This new biography of Ptolemy I is fitting tribute to a unique ruler it rightly describes as 'one of a kind.' Bringing him out of the shadows of his contemporaries and placing him center-stage in the dramatic events of the late fourth century BC, Ptolemy emerges as the ultimate survivor in a dangerous world, his life story combining daring adventure with consummate statecraft. As 'a sterling example of a king, soldier, statesman and intellectual, ' Ptolemy laid solid foundations for the Ptolemaic dynasty named after him and whose three centuries' rule over Egypt and much of the ancient world would culminate in the great Cleopatra herself. -Joann Fletcher, author of <em>The Story of Egypt</em> and <em>Cleopatra the Great</em> <em>Ptolemy I</em> is a much needed new biography of one of the most underrated figures of antiquity--polymath, historian, general, king, and nation builder--thanks to the accustomed erudition, scholarship, and engaging prose of Ian Worthington, who is becoming one of our most trusted and interesting biographers of the ancient Greek world. --Victor Davis Hanson, author of <em>The Savior Generals</em> Author InformationIan Worthington is Curators' Distinguished Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri. He is the author of numerous books about ancient Greece, including, most recently, By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire and Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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