Portrayal of Ptolemaic Egypt in Film+TV

[Andronikos]

Ptolemaics were greeks and they had greek customs. But they gave religious and cultural freedom to natives and also took some of their practises (titles...) to be more popular. Popularity and stability were important - Egypt was the most stable diadochi kingdom as Alexander was their "saviour" not a conqueror like in persia. I am talking about the first 3 kings who made egypt the strongest and the richest kingdom in the mediterranean. Late kings were weak and destroyed what heir ancestors did. Hanibal during his conquest considered egypt to be weak to help him and did not ask for aliance.
Later kings were one like another and their reign was full of rebelions, fights for throne and stupid politics.

[Bootsiuv]

Where's the Ptolemaic team expert to answer all of our questions? Does EB not have a Ptolemy expert? I find that difficult to believe...

[Teleklos Archelaou]

An expert on what movie or tv show was most accurate? It's been answered.

[Bootsiuv]

I understand that, I was just curious...

....and not an expert on tv/films, I meant an expert on Ptolemaic egypt.

[Magister Militum Titus Pullo]

Television historical dramas never are on the ball when it comes to their subject matter. Take the scenes in H.B.O'S "Rome" series where Cleopatra, Octavia and others where actually smoking opium, for example. What the f*ck were these people thinking? How did they get it into their thick heads that people smoked back then? It would have been more believable if opium was chewed or mixed into their wine. Idiots.

[Zaknafien]

they probably wanted to show people smoking because thats what their audience would understand, to convey the drug-addled state of the characters involved.

[Long lost Caesar]

i thought back then people DID smoke. i mean, pipes have been around for quite a while...havent they?
and as for the portrayal of ptolemaic egypt, i personally saw it as alright, but then again most of the western world DOES see egypt as pharoah worshiping chariot lovers so it could be a stereotype influenced thing.

[hoom]

How about in the movie Alexander? Only shows Ptolemy wandering around talking to a scribe & some backgrounds of the harbour but those scenes had a very Greek feel rather than Pharonic.

[paullus]

Those scenes were better. And the one asking for a Ptolemaic expert, what in the world are you asking about? Several EB people gave firm answers early on--with what questions are you still concerned?