CLA 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Philetaerus, Antigonid Dynasty, Attalus I

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1101
• Professor: Heather Loube

Document Summary

Conducted one of the most successful military campagnas in history"s. 12 years travelled the equivalent of crossing canada 3 times. 4 major kingdoms that result from the struggle (eventually taken by rome) End of the polis/ return to monarchy. Hellenistic monarchs: generals, patrons of the arts, objects of ruler cults. Changes from mudbrick into higher, thicker stone walls. Ptolemy i soter (saviour of persian rule: one of the generals, assigned egypt to control land, wrote some history of alexander"s campaign, one who stole alexander"s body. Ptolemy ii philadelphos & arsinoe: philidelphos: loving sibling, married sister, arsinoe ii, mouseion: research centre. Where we get the word museum from. Biology (there was a zoo: papyrus library. Not open to the public (only for scholars) Goal was to bring all the worlds learning under one roof) Alexandria became the known place for literature. Ptolemy v & the rosetta stone: two languages with 3 scripts, egyptian.