@inbook{fd4ec43d8c0641b5ace6c13f75315279,
title = "Greek Literature in Egypt",
keywords = "Alexandria and its cultural institution establishment, Argonautika of Apollonios, produced in Alexandria - between 260s to 240s BC, under Ptolemy II Philadelphos, Egypt's place and its native population - in literature of Ptolemaic Egypt, Greek Literature in Egypt, Greek literature in Hellenistic Egypt, not simply negotiation but complex ideas about {"}Greeks{"} and {"}Egyptians{"}, Greek literature, in Hellenistic Egypt - under the Ptolemies, being the museum, Hellenistic poetry, developing particular set of aesthetic principles - embodying its main characteristics, Pharaonic Egypt, not to be found in literature under the Ptolemies - merely an exaggeration, Pindaric model for Apollonios - assimilating Libya and Egypt as precincts of Zeus Ammon, Use of magic, in main narrative of epic - a change from Homer",
author = "Morrison, {A. D.}",
year = "2010",
month = oct,
day = "12",
language = "English",
volume = "2",
pages = "755--778",
booktitle = "A Companion to Ancient Egypt|A Companion to Anc. Egypt",
publisher = "John Wiley & Sons Ltd",
address = "United Kingdom",
}
