Dorothy I. Sly

Philo's Alexandria (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sly extracts much-needed information on Alexandria from Philo's treatises. By recognising his shortcomings and prejudices, she builds up an authentic picture of first century life in one of the Roman Empire's greatest cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134681174
• Artikelnr.: 40464702

Autorenporträt

Dorothy I.Sly is an associate professor of Religious Studies at the University,Ontario.She is the author of Philo's Perception of Women(1990).

Inhaltsangabe

Full Contents Preface Chapter 1 `A Man Emminent on All Accounts' Chapter 2
`Founded to Satisfy the Soaring Ambition of some King' Chapter 3 `Hope of
Safety to the Voyager' Chapter 4 The `Magnanimity' of Ptolemy II
Philadephus Chapter 5 `Amours and Adulteries and the Deceits of Women'
Chapter 6 `In the Midst of the Marketplace' Chapter 7 `Wholesale
Deprivation of All that is Noble' Chapter 8 `Schools of Prudence and
Courage and Temperance and Justice' Chapter 9 `An Art of Healing that
Treats the Soul' Chapter 10 `Superintendence in Sickness and Health'
Chapter 11 `In a City Not Their Own' Bibliography