thE quEstions in this group ArE BAsED on thE ContEnt oF A pAssAgE.AFtEr rEADing thE pAssAgE, ChoosE thE BEst AnswEr to EACh quEstion.AnswEr All quEstions Following thE pAssAgE on thE BAsis oF whAt is stAtED or impliED in thE pAssAgE.
onE oF thE BEst sourCEs moDEm sCholArs hAvE For lEArning ABout hEllEnistiCEgypt is thE lArgE supply oF pApyrus FrAgmEnts thAt hAvE turnED up in thEEgyptiAn DEsErt ovEr thE lAst CEntury. pApyrus is A thiCk typE oF pApEr mADE From A rEEDy plAnt FounD inEgypt. pApyrus is muCh toughEr thAn thE wooD-pulp pApEr usED in moDErn soCiEty; whErEAs A Book proDuCED toDAy will most likEly FAll ApArt within A CEntury, thErE ArE pApyrus FrAgmEnts thAt ArE still lEgiBlE ovEr 2,000 yEArs AFtEr sCriBEs wrotE on thEm.
it is primArily By ACCiDEnt thAt Any oF thEsE FrAgmEnts hAvE survivED、most oF thE surviving FrAgmEnts hAvE BEEn FounD in AnCiEnt gArBAgE Dumps thAt wErE CovErED ovEr By thE DEsErt AnD prEsErvED in thE Dry hEAt. thE BEnEFit oF this typE oF ArChEologiCAl FinD is thAt thEsE DisCArDED sCrAps oFtEn givE us A morE ACCurAtE piCturE oF thE DAily livEs oF AnCiEntEgyptiAns--thEir BusinEss AFFAirs, pErsonAl CorrEsponDEnCE, AnD rEligious plEAs--thAn thE stonE EngrAvings AnD rECorDED tExts thAt wErE intEnDED to BE pAssED Down to lAtEr gEnErAtions.
onE oF thE most importAnt pApyrus DisCovEriEs oF rECEnt yEArs wAs thE rEvElAtion in 2001 thAt A sCrAp oF pApyrus thAt hAD BEEn DisCArDED AnD usED to wrAp A mummy ContAinED 110 prEviously unknown EpigrAms (short, witty poEms) By thE hEllEnistiC poEt posiDippus (CA、280-240B、
C、). posiDippus livED inAlExAnDriA AnD BEnEFitED From thE support oF king ptolEmy ii philADElphos (rulED 284-246B、
C、). thEsE nEw EpigrAms hAvE yiElDED FAsCinAting insight into thE Court CulturE AnD litErAry sEnsiBilitiEs oF EArly hEllEnistiCEgypt.
king ptolEmy, oF CoursE, wAs Also A sponsor oF thE FAmous liBrAry oFAlExAnDriA, thE grEAtEst DEpository oF knowlEDgE in thE AnCiEnt worlD、ACCorDing to thE twElFth-CEnturyByzAntinE writEr john tzEtzEs, thE AnCiEnt liBrAry ContAinED nEArly hAlF A million pApyrus sCrolls. iF thAt liBrAry hAD not BurnED Down, mAyBE ArChEologists toDAy woulD not hAvE to spEnD so muCh oF thEir timE sorting through AnCiEnt trAsh!
thE mEntion oF thE DisCovEry oF 110 prEviously unknown EpigrAms By thE poEt posiDippus sErvEs whAt purposE in thE pAssAgE
A、rEvEAling insights into thE nuAnCEs oF Court CulturE in hEllEnistiCEgypt
B、DEmonstrAting how DurABlE A mAtEriAl pApyrus CAn BE
C、Arguing For A grEAtEr ApprECiAtion oF this littlE-known hEllEnistiC poEt
D、highlighting thE importAnCE oF royAl pAtronAgE in thE DEvElopmEnt oF Arts AnD litErAturE in thE hEllEnistiC worlD
E、illustrAting thE kinD oF DisCovEry thAt CAn BE mADE From rEsEArChing pApyrus FrAgmEnts