Cleopatra [[electronic resource] ] : a sphinx revisited / / edited by Margaret M. Miles

• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 932/.021092; B
• Soggetto topico: Queens - Egypt; Egypt, Ancient; Art, Ancient - Egypt; Egypt - Religion; Architecture, Ancient - Egypt
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt History 332-30 B.C; Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C; Egypt Kings and rulers Biography
• Soggetto non controllato: ancient egypt religion; ancient egypt; ancient egyptian architecture; ancient egyptian rulers; ancient egyptian women; ancient history; ancient pharaoh; ancient roman politics; ancient rome; classical studies; cleopatra afterlife; cleopatra and egypt; cleopatra and rome; cleopatra love potions; cleopatra vii; early modern art; egyptian culture; egyptian religion; egyptomania; historic women figures; imperial rome; life of cleopatra; political history; roman history; rome and egypt; women in history
• Altri autori: MilesMargaret Melanie
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cleopatra in Egypt, Europe and New York : an introduction / Margaret M. Miles -- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt / Sally-Ann Ashton -- Cleopatra in Rome : facts and fantasies / Eric Gruen -- Dying like a queen : the story of Cleopatra and the asp(s) in antiquity / Robert Gurval -- Cleopatra, Isis, and the formation of Augustan Rome / Sarolta A. Takács -- Love, triumph, tragedy : Cleopatra and Egypt in high Renaissance Rome / Brian Curran -- The amazing afterlife of Cleopatra's love potions / Ingrid D. Rowland -- HRH Cleopatra : the last of the Ptolemies and the Egyptian paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema / Margaret Mary DeMaria Smith -- Glamour girls : Cleomania in mass culture / Maria Wyke and Dominic Montserratá -- Every man's Cleopatra / Giuseppe Pucci -- Cleopatra : the sphinx revisited / Peter Green.
• Sommario/riassunto: Cleopatra-a brave, astute, and charming woman who spoke many languages, entertained lavishly, hunted, went into battle, eliminated siblings to consolidate her power, and held off the threat of Imperial Rome to protect her country as long as she could-continues to fascinate centuries after she ruled Egypt. These wide-ranging essays explore such topics as Cleopatra's controversial trip to Rome, her suicide by snake bite, and the afterlife of her love potions. They view Cleopatra from the Egyptian perspective, and examine the reception in Rome of Egyptian culture, especially of its religion and architecture. They discuss films about her, and consider what inspired Egyptomania in early modern art. Together, these essays illuminate Cleopatra's legacy and illustrate how it has been used and reused through the centuries.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cleopatra
• ISBN: 1-280-10276-4; 9786613520562; 0-520-95026-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821505103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.