Table of Contents

LETTER FROM DOUGLAS DRUICK 7 President and Eloise W. Martin Director, Art Institute of Chicago LETTER FROM ARNOLD L. LEHMAN 9 Shelby White and Leon Levy Director, Brooklyn Museum LETTER FROM ROGER S. BAGNALL 10 Leon Levy Director, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), New York University ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 Jennifer Y. Chi, Exhibitions Director and Chief Curator, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), New York University FOREWORD 14 Jennifer Y. Chi, Exhibitions Director and Chief Curator, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), New York University MAP 16 WHEN THE GREEKS RULED: EGYPT AFTER ALEXANDER THE GREAT: THE GENESIS OF THE EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 18 Mary C. Greuel, Art Institute of Chicago WRITTEN AND SPOKEN LANGUAGES IN PTOLEMAIC EGYPT 30 Roger S. Bagnall, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), New York University PORTRAITS OF THE QUEENS AS PTOLEMAIC SELF-FASHIONING 44 Dee L. Clayman, The Graduate Center, City University of New York THE WAY THEY LOOKED: DYNASTIC PORTRAITURE ON PTOLEMAIC COINS 58 Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), New York University THE TRIAD OF OSIRIS, ISIS, AND HARPOCRATES IN PTOLEMAIC EGYPT 72 Olaf E. Kaper, Leiden University Exhibition Checklist 89 Bibliography 109 Illustration Credits 115

About the Author

Roberta Casagrande-Kim is postdoctoral curatorial associate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University.

Reviews

"Much of the information is more detailed than in many mainstream Ptolemaic books and for this reason I believe this book is a valuable addition to the book shelf of anyone interested in the period."--Charlotte Booth, Charlotte's Egypt.com