Gymnasia and Greek Identity in Ptolemaic Egypt 1st Edition by Mario Paganini 0192660756 9780192660756

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ISBN-10 :  0192660756 

ISBN-13 : 9780192660756

Author : Mario C. D. Paganini 

This book provides the first complete study of the documentation relevant to the gymnasium and gymnasial life in Egypt at the time of the Ptolemies, the longest reigning Hellenistic Royal House (323-30 BC). Paganini analyses the diffusion, characteristics, administration, and developments of the institution of the gymnasium in Ptolemaic Egypt and its implications for the assertion of Greek identity. He shows how this institution and its people were affected by the local environment and how ‘those from the gymnasium’, the members of this most distinctively Greek institution, were truly embedded in the social and cultural milieu of the country where they lived: they were the ‘Greeks’ of Egypt. Thanks to the information originating from Ptolemaic Egypt and its papyrological sources, this work showcases the variety of concomitant features and different traditions that were alive and active in the Hellenistic world, thus contributing to a better understanding of the ancient world in all its complexity and vitality.

Gymnasia and Greek Identity in Ptolemaic Egypt 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction
1.1 Hellenism in Egypt
1.2 Hellenistic Gymnasia outside Egypt
1.3 The Gymnasia of Ptolemaic Egypt
2. The Institution
2.1 Diffusion
2.2 Terminology
2.3 Foundation
2.4 The Army and the Gymnasium
2.5 The Gymnasium of Philoteris
3. The Gymnasium at Alexandria
3.1 The Alexandrian Gymnasium in Literature
3.2 The Alexandrian Gymnasium in Documentary Evidence
3.3 Palaestrae at Alexandria
3.4 Foundation and Legal Status of the Alexandrian Gymnasium
3.5 Ephebate and Citizenship
3.6 A Judaean Gymnasium at Alexandria?
4. Legal Status of Gymnasia
4.1 Greek Poleis of Egypt
4.2 Village Gymnasia
4.3 The Finances of Ptolemaic Gymnasia
4.4 The Ptolemaic Empire
4.5 Gymnasia in the Seleucid Empire
5. The Officials
5.1 Presidents
5.2 Gymnasiarchs
5.3 Kosmetai
5.4 Other Officials
6. Gymnasial Status
6.1 Access to the Gymnasium
6.2 Ephebes and Neaniskoi
6.3 ‘Those from the Gymnasium’
6.4 Gymnasium and Civil Servants
7. Outsiders: Integration and Rejection
7.1 ‘Egyptians’
7.2 Judaeans
7.3 Guests
7.4 Women and Gymnasia
8. Living the Greek Way
8.1 Gymnastics of Body and Mind
8.2 Secular and Religious Life
8.3 Entertainment: Feasts, Festivals, and Games
8.4 Clubs and Associations
9. The Gymnasium and Greek Identity
9.1 Ethnicity and Identity
9.2 Ethnic Designations and the Hellenes
9.3 The Gymnasium as ‘Association of the Hellenes’
9.4 Onomastics, Marriage Patterns, and Religious Practices
9.5 ‘Those from the Gymnasium’ in Their Society

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