Graduation Year
Spring 2012
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Classical Studies
Reader 1
David Kawalko Roselli
Reader 2
Michelle Berenfeld
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© 2012 Sara L. Bacon
Abstract
Early Ptolemaic Alexandria provides a unique perspective on cultural interactions during the Hellenistic Period. With this idea in mind, I have tracked the cultural affiliation of the city from its foundation through the early years of the Ptolemaic dynasty. In order to do this, both literary and archaeological evidence, including various foundation myths for the city, the poetry of Theocritus and Herodas, papyrological evidence as well as the city plan and archaeological remains of the Serapeum, were analyzed. Using this evidence, this thesis attempts to describe the cultural state of the ancient city and the surrounding area in its early years, and tracks its development from an entirely Greek cultural background to a multicultural one.
Recommended Citation
Bacon, Sara L., "Alexandria and the Construction of Urban Experience" (2012). Scripps Senior Theses. 62.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/62
