Egyptian things

• Verfasst von: Kelting, Edward William [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Egyptian things
• Titelzusatz: translating Egypt to early imperial Rome
• Verf.angabe: Edward William Kelting
• Verlagsort: Oakland, California
• Verlag: University of California Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: x, 246 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Hochschulschrift: Dissertation, Stanford University
• ISBN: 978-0-520-40218-8
• Schlagwörter: (g)Ägypten <Altertum> / (s)Einfluss / (g)Römisches Reich / (s)Kultur
• Dokumenttyp: Hochschulschrift
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Kelting, Edward William, 1989-: Egyptian things. - [Oakland, California] : University of California, [2024] |(DLC)2024009330
• RVK-Notation: LE 5600
• K10plus-PPN: 1885890087

Abstract

"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 by 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 the author powerfully argues, this genre in fact constitutes a vibrant intellectual tradition, developed from heterogenous 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"--