Ptolemaic Aspirations in Callimachean Poetry(A geographic perspective)
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin14685748662021-08-03T06:37:35Z Ptolemaic Aspirations in Callimachean Poetry(A geographic perspective) Androulaki, Eleni Classical Studies Callimachus Callimachean poerty Alexandria Panhellenism Ptolemaic aspirations geographical references The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how the travels of mind and the continuing change of places throughout the Greek world - from the North to the South and from the East to the West - in a selected corpus of poems in Callimachus’ <i>Aitia</i>, the <i>Hymns</i> and the epigrams create the picture of a poetry which mirrored the concerns and interests of the Ptolemaic dynasty in the first half of the 3nd century BC. More specifically, the examination of the geographical references in the poems which have been selected and analyzed in the present paper, indicates that Callimachus’ poetry promoted in a discreet way the political aspirations of the Ptolemies on three different levels. In the first chapter of this paper, a number of poems have been presented in which the relocation of gods, people or objects from the northern parts of the Greek world to the South likely signifies the transition of power from the old Greek world to Ptolemaic Egypt. In this context, it has also been examined how Callimachus constructed in his poetry the topography of Cyrene and Alexandria, the political and cultural center of the new powerful Hellenistic kingdom in the Southern Mediterranean. In the subsequent chapter, the focus shifts to poems where the imaginary, continuous transportation of the reader to places which were part of the Greek cultural memory assisted the Ptolemies to cultivate the idea of Panhellenism among the imported Greek community in Egypt in order to unite them under a shared identity. In this way, Callimachus’ poetry supported the Ptolemies’ goal to present themselves as legitimate rulers of all the Greeks in Egypt as well as to help the Greek community feel less alienated in this foreign environment they were brought to inhabit. In this context, it has also been investigated how the Callimachean poetry - which was intended for the Greek people who were in the process of coming to an accommodation with the traditions and the culture of the native Egyptian population - functioned as a tool for the Ptolemaic kings to bridge these two cultures. The last chapter focuses on a small group of poems which included places outside Egypt which were at the center of the Ptolemies’ intentions, thus presenting the political aspirations of the Ptolemaic kings outside their territory. 2016-10-20 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1468574866 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1468574866 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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