Gymnasia and Greek Identity in Ptolemaic Egypt

Mario C. D. Paganini obtained his DPhil in Ancient History from the University of Oxford and has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Copenhagen and at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has conducted extensive research on the socio-cultural history of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt and on Greek documentary papyrology, including on private associations and on the first global edition of the papyri belonging to the archive of Apollonios, strategus of the Apollonopolites Heptakomias (second century AD).

• 1: Introduction2: The Institution3: The Gymnasium at Alexandria4: Legal Status of Gymnasia5: The Officials6: Gymnasial Status7: Outsiders: Integration and Rejection8: Living the Greek Way9: The Gymnasium and Greek IdentityAppendix 1: Gymnasia and 'Gymnasial Bodies' of Ptolemaic Egypt by LocationAppendix 2: List of Relevant Sources for the Ptolemaic PeriodAppendix 3: Prosopography of GymnasiarchsChronology of Ptolemaic Sovereigns

The novelty of this book is that it shifts focus away from Greek poleis to the communities of Greek immigrants in Hellenistic Egypt.