Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece (Brill, 2004)
"In their original forms, the papers were almost all written for a conference entitled, Alexandria between Egypt and Greece, that was organized by the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean at Columbia on October 11th and 12th, 2002"--Pref. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-289) and indexes
Creating a metropolis : a comparative demographic perspective / Walter Scheidel -- Egyptian elite self-presentation in the context of Ptolemaic rule / John Baines -- Posidippus' poetry book : where Macedon meets Egypt / Susan Stephens -- Realismo ed eclettismo nell'arte alessandrina / Nicola Bonacasa -- Les hiérothytes alexandrins : une magistrature grecque dans la capitale lagide / Fabienne Burkhalter -- The oikos of Alexandria / Livia Capponi -- Portrayals of the wise and virtuous in Alexandrian Jewish works : Jews' perceptions of themselves and others / Ellen Birnbaum -- Alexandria and middle Egypt : some aspects of social and economic contacts under Roman rule / Mohammed Abd-el-Ghani -- Galen's Alexandria / Heinrich von Staden -- Hellenism and opposition to Christianity in Alexandria / Christopher Haas -- Some unpublished wax figurines from Upper Egypt / Mona Haggag -- Late antique pagan networks from Athens to the Thebaid / Biovanni Ruffini -- The island of Pharos in myth and history / Mostaga el-Abbadi