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d e a t h of his son to the authorities; p . 50 on relations between t h e g o v e r n m e n t a n d organized religion in b o t h t h e Ptolemaic a n d the R o m a n period; p . 55 on the dynastic cult of the Ptolemies, t h e distinction between t h e Greek and E g y p t i a n f o r m of worship; a distinction has to be made in t h e R o m a n period also; p . 57 — The living E m p e r o r was not officially described as god; p . 57 — Those E m p e r o r s who are deified a f t e r d e a t h , f r o m Julius downwards, were o f f i c i a l l y worshipped; and the most i m p o r t a n t discussion on p . 82: like t h e Greeks, t h e R o m a n s were very tolerant of opinion as such ( R o m a n and Greek tolerancy of a n y f o r m of religion).
J . T o n d r i a u , Quelques problèmes religieux ptolémaïques (Aegyptus X X X I I I (1) [1953] 125—130).
The a u t h o r refers t o t h e following questions: 1. T h e enigma of t h e „ d y n a s t i c " cult (p. 125), 2. The divinity of Arsinoë I I as a
god-dess (p. 127), 3. A propos the Ptolemaia (p. 128 ff.).
R . M a r i c h a l , Les P. Genève lat. 5 et 7 (Chronique ďEgypte X X X , No. 60 [1955] 346—360).
The a u t h o r presents new supplements and new corrections to t h e s e p a p y r i a n d comes to t h e conclusion t h a t the P. Gen. lat 5 should be approached to t h e γραφαί των χειρισμών which the go-v e r n m e n t d e m a n d e d ego-very year f r o m t h e clergy. Since in those inventories are f o u n d t h e statues of gods a n d heroes, it means t h a t P . Gen. l a t . 5 is a n i n v e n t o r y of a r t objects, of f u r n i t u r e a n d u n d o u b -t e d l y of -the " -t r e a s u r y " of -t h e -temple. P . Gen. la-t 7 is n o -t a n admi-nistrative i n v e n t o r y . I t is t h e series of mythological i n f o r m a t i o n s referring above all to Hermes. I t is either a " g u i d e " or a catalogue more or less thorough.
M. T. C a v a s s i n i , Lettere cristiane nei papiri greci d'Egitto (Aegyp-tus X X X I V , (2) [1954] p p . 266—282).
T h e article comprises a collection of all Christian letters known b y now. Our letters represent also a d o c u m e n t a t i o n of t h e pro-gressive development of Christianity a n d the consequent progres-sive decline of t h e paganism.
