- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Original Sources of Chapters
- Illustrations
- Glossary
- [UNTITLED]
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Ptolemy I and the Quest for Legitimacy
- Chapter 2 Ptolemy III and Philae: Snapshot of a Reign, a Temple and a Cult
- Chapter 3 Cleopatra, the Diadem and the Image
- Chapter 4 Cleopatra Vii Philopatris
- Chapter 5 The Dynastic Politics of Cleopatra Vii
- Chapter 6 The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt
- Chapter 7 Ptolemaic Papyri and the Achaean Diaspora In Hellenistic Egypt
- Chapter 8 Greek Presence and the Ptolemaic Rural Setting
- Chapter 9 The Urban Milieu in the Egyptian Countryside During the Ptolemaic Period
- Chapter 10 Kerkeosiris and its Greeks in the Second Century<sup>1</sup>
- Chapter 11 The Cavalry Settlers of the Herakleopolite in the First Century
- Chapter 12 Two Royal Ordinances of the First Century and the Alexandrians
- Chapter 13 The Revenue Laws Papyrus: Greek Tradition and Hellenistic Adaptation
- Chapter 14 The Structural Tensions of Ptolemaic Society
- Chapter 15 The Third-century Land-leases From Tholthis
- Chapter 16 Greek Economy and Egyptian Society in the Third Century
- Chapter 17 Greeks and Egyptians According to <i>PSI</i> V 502
- Chapter 18 Graeco-Roman Egypt and the Question of Cultural Interactions
- Chapter 19 Normality and Distinctiveness in the Epigraphy of Greek and Roman Egypt
- Conclusion
- Bibligraphy
- General Index
- Index of Passages Discussed
- Hellenistic Culture and Society
The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt
The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt
- Chapter:
- (p.83) Chapter 6 The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt
- Source:
- Hellenistic Egypt
- Author(s):
Jean Bingen
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
The Ptolemies attracted numerous immigrants from the larger Greek world to Egypt, to serve as soldiers, bureaucrats, tax-collectors, entrepreneurs, scholars, artists, and entertainers. Some of these were from the fringes of Greece; among them is the large group of Thracians, a term referring to people from the southeastern Balkans, who had been under Macedonian rule in the time of Philip II and Alexander the Great. Many came as soldiers, particularly cavalrymen, and they appear taking part in Greek athletic competitions. The papyri give us some sense of the survival of Thracian cultural traditions, including religious cults, in Egypt.
Keywords: Thrace, Balkans, mercenaries, cavalry, immigrants
Edinburgh Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Original Sources of Chapters
- Illustrations
- Glossary
- [UNTITLED]
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Ptolemy I and the Quest for Legitimacy
- Chapter 2 Ptolemy III and Philae: Snapshot of a Reign, a Temple and a Cult
- Chapter 3 Cleopatra, the Diadem and the Image
- Chapter 4 Cleopatra Vii Philopatris
- Chapter 5 The Dynastic Politics of Cleopatra Vii
- Chapter 6 The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt
- Chapter 7 Ptolemaic Papyri and the Achaean Diaspora In Hellenistic Egypt
- Chapter 8 Greek Presence and the Ptolemaic Rural Setting
- Chapter 9 The Urban Milieu in the Egyptian Countryside During the Ptolemaic Period
- Chapter 10 Kerkeosiris and its Greeks in the Second Century<sup>1</sup>
- Chapter 11 The Cavalry Settlers of the Herakleopolite in the First Century
- Chapter 12 Two Royal Ordinances of the First Century and the Alexandrians
- Chapter 13 The Revenue Laws Papyrus: Greek Tradition and Hellenistic Adaptation
- Chapter 14 The Structural Tensions of Ptolemaic Society
- Chapter 15 The Third-century Land-leases From Tholthis
- Chapter 16 Greek Economy and Egyptian Society in the Third Century
- Chapter 17 Greeks and Egyptians According to <i>PSI</i> V 502
- Chapter 18 Graeco-Roman Egypt and the Question of Cultural Interactions
- Chapter 19 Normality and Distinctiveness in the Epigraphy of Greek and Roman Egypt
- Conclusion
- Bibligraphy
- General Index
- Index of Passages Discussed
- Hellenistic Culture and Society
