Though they are almost completely absent from the historical record, Palestinian women were extensively involved in the unfolding national struggle in their country during the British mandate period. This history studies the development of the Palestine women's movement between 1920 and 1948.
Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the 3rd century BCE, Alexandria became the capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus is the only extended poetic tribute to this ruler that survives. This text provides a translation and commentary.
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