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Alexandria and the moon : an investigation into the lunar Macedonian calendar of Ptolemaic Egypt / by Chris Bennett.
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Bennett, Chris
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Leuven ; Walpole, MA : Peeters, 2011.
Description
xxxvi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Firestone Library - Classics Collection
CE42 .B46 2011
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Calendar, Greek
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Calendar, Egyptian
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Chronology, Greek
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Chronology, Egyptian
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Egypt
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History
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332-30 B.C.
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Chronology
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Greece
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History
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Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
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Chronology
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Ptolemaic dynasty 305-30 B.C.
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Series
Studia Hellenistica ; 52.
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Studia Hellenistica ; 52
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Summary note
This book is the first comprehensive study of the lunar Macedonian calendar in two decades. The mechanics of the calendar are examined in detail, and a new approach for reconstructing the sequence of intercalary months and years is proposed which, for the first time, permits a consistent interpretation of the papyrological data of the middle Ptolemaic period. It is shown that in c. 265 BC Ptolemy II deliberately set in motion a process to realign the calendar over an extended period, which ended early in the reign of Ptolemy IV. The results have implications for the origins of the financial year, the date of the Ptolemaieia, and the history of the Canopic reform of the Egyptian calendar, among other topics. Appendices consider the nature of Macedonian intercalation and the New Year outside Egypt.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xvii]-xxxvi) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Patterns of use of the Macedonian calendar
Macedonian calendar in Alexandria
Macedonian New Year after Zenon
Macedonian calendar after Zenon
Macedonian New Year before Zenon
Purpose of biennial intercalation
Appendix A. Detecting Canopic dates
Appendix B. Macedonian New Year outside Egypt
Appendix C. Macedonian intercalation outside Egypt.
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ISBN
9789042925052 ((pbk.))
9042925051 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2011276722
OCLC
745332965
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