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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140788603321

Autore

Ashton Sally-Ann

Titolo

Cleopatra and Egypt [[electronic resource] /] / Sally-Ann Ashton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-4443-0151-9

9786612124129

1-282-12412-9

1-4443-0150-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Blackwell ancient lives

Disciplina

932/.021092

B

Soggetti

Queens - Egypt

Egypt History 332-30 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; AUTHOR'S FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1: CLEOPATRA - BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL?; 2: SOURCES; 3: KING'S DAUGHTER, KING'S SISTER, GREAT ROYAL WIFE; 4: RULER, REGENT, AND PHARAOH; 5: CLEOPATRA'S CAPITAL AND COURT; 6: CLEOPATRA AS A GODDESS; 7: CLEOPATRA, MARK ANTONY, AND THE EAST; 8: DEATH OF A QUEEN, REBIRTH OF A GODDESS; 9: THE LEGACY OF CLEOPATRA; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This beautifully illustrated new biography of Cleopatra draws on literary, archaeological, and art historical evidence to paint an intimate and compelling portrait of the most famous Queen of Egypt. Deconstructs the image of Cleopatra to uncover the complex historical figure behind the myth Examines Greek, Roman, and Egyptian representations of Cleopatra Considers how she was viewed by her contemporaries and how she presented herself Incorporates the author's recent field work at a temple of Cleopatra in Alexandria Beautifully