Bill Thayer reports that he has added a new transcript to his LacusCurtius website:
Edwyn R. Bevan: The House of Ptolemy, A History of Hellenistic Egypt under the Ptolemaic Dynasty
He introduces the book thus:
Edwyn Robert Bevan (1870‑1943) was a rarity in the academic world: a
top-flight scholar whose only doctorates were honorary, conferred on
him late in life, in appreciation for his contributions rather than
early in his career as a sign of hope for what he might become. He
started by writing mostly history, and by the end of his life devoted
himself mostly to philosophy and religion.
The volume transcribed here is the later work of a pair covering the two great powers of the Hellenistic world; the earlier, The House of Seleucus, may eventually find its niche here as well.
Alas, he also reports that the photographic illustrations in the copy he used are of very poor quality and thus he has not yet added them; he is on the look-out for an original edition.
Enjoy!
