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City of the Sharp-nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt

by Peter Parsons

In this accessible and 'anecdotal' work, Peter Parsons, formerly head of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project, brings to life the City of Oxyrhynchus, a colony of Greek migrants, in the age of the Roman Empire. Drawing on the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, one of the most extraordinary bodies of evidence in the world, and rivalling Pompeii in what they can tell us about the Roman city, he elucidates grand themes such as the economic life of the city, but pays equal attention to fascinating details gleaned from private letters, such as the contemporary perception of porridge as junk food. From the age of Augustus to the Christianisation of the Empire, this book offers an amazing window on the ordinary people of Oxyrhynchus. 258p, col pls (Weidenfeld and Nicholson 2007)

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