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| | Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.12.04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Blackwell's Companion to the Hellenistic World is the first published of a proposed series of Companions intended to reflect 'the diverse, vibrant scholarship on antiquity', and to 'present accessible, authoritative overviews by experts on all aspects of the ancient world'. |
 | | Ptolemy is presented as an individual keenly aware of the resources, and the dynasty, to which he was laying claim, though the stability that at first seemed characteristic of the dynasty would later be threatened, especially in the second and first centuries, when sibling rivalries threatened central control. |
 | | In the first half of her chapter, she traces the fortunes of the dynasty, sandwiched between the Seleucid and Roman spheres of influence, through to the unfortunate Attalos III, the childless ruler who, as the dynastic vultures gathered, bequeathed his kingdom to Rome. |
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