Chapter 4: The Nile Digression

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Part I: Setting the Scene
5. Introduction 3
6. Chapter 1: Egypt and the Nile in Julio–Claudian Rome 29
7. Part II: Lucan
8. Chapter 2: Pompey’s Nile 45
9. Chapter 3: Beyond Pompey’s Nile 59
10. Chapter 4: The Nile Digression 80
11. Part III: Flavian Rome
12. Chapter 5: Egypt and the Nile in Flavian Rome 121
13. Chapter 6: Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica 133
14. Chapter 7: Statius’ Thebaid 164
15. Chapter 8: Statius’ Propempticon (Silu. 3.2) 184
16. Part IV: The Antonine and Severan Periods
17. Chapter 9: The Nile and Egypt in the Antonine and Severan Periods 223
18. Chapter 10: Plutarch’s On Isis and Osiris 252
19. Chapter 11: Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana 258
20. Afterword 309
21. Texts and Translations Used 313
22. Bibliography 315
23. General Index 351
24. Index of Ancient Texts 361