The Journal of the American Oriental Society, October 1st, 1996
Readers of this slender volume, attracted by a jacket blurb promising the story of a "leader of prophetic insight, extraordinary intellect and keen administrative ability," may well be disappointed. For the Ptolemy described herein is a cautious and level-headed soldier, epitomizing the type of "plain, blunt man that loved my friend" immortalized in Shakespeare's Antony. Concisely written, Ptolemy of Egypt is not so much a biography of the founder of the Ptolemaic kingdom and empire as a discussion of the political struggles of the diadochoi, Alexander's successors. In this respect, the auth...
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