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© 2010 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2010 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Series Editor's Foreword ix
  4. Acknowledgments xiii
  5. Chronology of Ancient Egypt xv
  6. INTRODUCTION 1
  7. 1. THE TRAGIC EGYPTIAN 33
  8. 2. SPACE AND OTHERNESS 75
  9. 3. IN AN ANTIQUE LAND 110
  10. 4. WRITING EGYPTIAN WRITING 136
  11. 5. READING ISOCRATES' BUSIRIS 183
  12. 6. PLATO'S EGYPTIAN STORY 216
  13. 7. ALEXANDER'S CONQUEST AND THE FORCE OF TRADITION 248
  14. Appendix: Fragmentary Greek Historians on Egypt, to 332 B.C.E. 289
  15. Abbreviations 307
  16. Bibliography 309
  17. Index 335
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Series Editor's Foreword ix
  4. Acknowledgments xiii
  5. Chronology of Ancient Egypt xv
  6. INTRODUCTION 1
  7. 1. THE TRAGIC EGYPTIAN 33
  8. 2. SPACE AND OTHERNESS 75
  9. 3. IN AN ANTIQUE LAND 110
  10. 4. WRITING EGYPTIAN WRITING 136
  11. 5. READING ISOCRATES' BUSIRIS 183
  12. 6. PLATO'S EGYPTIAN STORY 216
  13. 7. ALEXANDER'S CONQUEST AND THE FORCE OF TRADITION 248
  14. Appendix: Fragmentary Greek Historians on Egypt, to 332 B.C.E. 289
  15. Abbreviations 307
  16. Bibliography 309
  17. Index 335
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