Cleopatra and Egypt / Sally-Ann Ashton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashton, Sally-Ann.

Series:

Blackwell ancient lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C.

Cleopatra.

Egypt--History--332-30 B.C.

Egypt.

Queens--Egypt--Biography.

Queens.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Cleopatra & Egypt

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Summary:

Celebrated as queen, politician, and lover, Cleopatra remains an object of fascination more than two thousand years after her death. In this beautifully illustrated new study, Sally-Ann Ashton deconstructs the image of Cleopatra to uncover the complex historical figure behind the myth. Incorporating Ashton's findings from her own recent survey of a temple of Cleopatra in Egypt, this book is the first to consider Cleopatra from a wholly Egyptian perspective. Drawing on literary, archaeological, and art historical evidence, Ashton paints an intimate and compelling portrait of the most famous Queen of Egypt.

Contents:

1 Cleopatra - Black and Beautiful? 1

3 King's Daughter, King's Sister, Great Royal Wife 25

4 Ruler, Regent, and Pharaoh 61

5 Cleopatra's Capital and Court 115

6 Cleopatra as a Goddess 126

7 Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and the East 147

8 Death of a Queen, Rebirth of a Goddess 169

9 The Legacy of Cleopatra 190.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781405113892

1405113898

9781405113908

1405113901

OCLC:

171151938

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