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Abrochos(uninundated), Arcadia as,98–99 Achilles: in Encomium for Ptolemy, 157,158, 164; shield of, 253; tomb of,248 Achmim (Chemmis, Upper Egypt), 23n9,56n109; Perseus worship at, 26,133. See alsoChemmis (Delta) Adonis: Alexandrian festival of, 153,155, 167–68, 246–47; Semitic, 89 Adrasteia, 94, 106 Aeetes (Argonautica),176, 193, 205,206, 228; ancestry of, 235; testing ofJason, 214–15 Aegyptus, sons of, 26 Aeneas: killing of Turnus, 226–27; shieldof, 202 Aeschylus: Danaids in, 25; PrometheusBound, 213n108 Aetiology: in Argonautica, 184, 189,190, 192, 193, 203, 235; in culturalassimilation, 18, 72. See also Aition;Callimachus, AetiaAfterlife, Egyptian, 47; burial practicesand, 221. See also Underworld,Egyptian Aition: Apollonius’s, 235; cultural redef-inition through, 256–57; forEleusinian mysteries, 141–42; for-eign places in, 72; in foundationstories, 188; of Hellenistic poets,187 Alcmena: Egyptian affiliations of, 131; inHeracliscus, 128–29, 130, 133, 135,137, 141, 144, 156, 157 Alexander Romance, 8, 22, 64–73; audi-ence of, 68–69; intent of, 71–72;Nectanebo II in, 64n133, 65–68, 71;Olympias in 64, 65, 66, 67; Philip ofMacedon in, 65, 66, 69, 143; popu-larity of, 64n134; Sesoösis in,177n15; sources of, 64, 65; succes-sion in, 64; theogamy in, 130; trans-mission of, 67 Alexander the Great, 35; ancestry of, 69,70–71; Aristotle and, 31n32; inDionysius Scytobrachion, 42; divin-ity of, 70, 72, 130, 152, 155, 157;education of, 66, 143; in Encomiumfor Ptolemy, 152, 156, 157, 164; infoundation myths, 8; as Homerichero, 252; at Memphis, 65n135, 66,245; paternity myths of, 8, 65–66,68–71, 72, 130; restoration of tem-ples, 13n30; and Sesoösis, 178, 180;at Siwah, 65n135, 66, 181; templesof, 45; at tomb of Achilles, 248;view of kingship, 14–15 Alexandria: bilingual government in, 46,241; bureaucracy of, 13, 46,234n19; civic identity in, 243, 244,251; cults in, 142, 244; Egyptian ar-chitecture of, 240; ethnic diversityof, 173, 240; festivals of, 153, 155,167–68, 246–48; foundation mythsof, 8, 181; foundation of, 65, 67, Index 277
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Abrochos(uninundated), Arcadia as,98–99 Achilles: in Encomium for Ptolemy, 157,158, 164; shield of, 253; tomb of,248 Achmim (Chemmis, Upper Egypt), 23n9,56n109; Perseus worship at, 26,133. See alsoChemmis (Delta) Adonis: Alexandrian festival of, 153,155, 167–68, 246–47; Semitic, 89 Adrasteia, 94, 106 Aeetes (Argonautica),176, 193, 205,206, 228; ancestry of, 235; testing ofJason, 214–15 Aegyptus, sons of, 26 Aeneas: killing of Turnus, 226–27; shieldof, 202 Aeschylus: Danaids in, 25; PrometheusBound, 213n108 Aetiology: in Argonautica, 184, 189,190, 192, 193, 203, 235; in culturalassimilation, 18, 72. See also Aition;Callimachus, AetiaAfterlife, Egyptian, 47; burial practicesand, 221. See also Underworld,Egyptian Aition: Apollonius’s, 235; cultural redef-inition through, 256–57; forEleusinian mysteries, 141–42; for-eign places in, 72; in foundationstories, 188; of Hellenistic poets,187 Alcmena: Egyptian affiliations of, 131; inHeracliscus, 128–29, 130, 133, 135,137, 141, 144, 156, 157 Alexander Romance, 8, 22, 64–73; audi-ence of, 68–69; intent of, 71–72;Nectanebo II in, 64n133, 65–68, 71;Olympias in 64, 65, 66, 67; Philip ofMacedon in, 65, 66, 69, 143; popu-larity of, 64n134; Sesoösis in,177n15; sources of, 64, 65; succes-sion in, 64; theogamy in, 130; trans-mission of, 67 Alexander the Great, 35; ancestry of, 69,70–71; Aristotle and, 31n32; inDionysius Scytobrachion, 42; divin-ity of, 70, 72, 130, 152, 155, 157;education of, 66, 143; in Encomiumfor Ptolemy, 152, 156, 157, 164; infoundation myths, 8; as Homerichero, 252; at Memphis, 65n135, 66,245; paternity myths of, 8, 65–66,68–71, 72, 130; restoration of tem-ples, 13n30; and Sesoösis, 178, 180;at Siwah, 65n135, 66, 181; templesof, 45; at tomb of Achilles, 248;view of kingship, 14–15 Alexandria: bilingual government in, 46,241; bureaucracy of, 13, 46,234n19; civic identity in, 243, 244,251; cults in, 142, 244; Egyptian ar-chitecture of, 240; ethnic diversityof, 173, 240; festivals of, 153, 155,167–68, 246–48; foundation mythsof, 8, 181; foundation of, 65, 67, Index 277
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