Cleopatra (Ancients in Action) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Cleopatra In this text, the authors look at the historical Cleopatra, at images of Cleopatra as a Greek queen and as ruler of Egypt, at contemporary perceptions of her and at how we see her today.
Full description- Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
- Published: 31 October 2006
- Format: Paperback 144 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Biography: Literary | Anthologies (non-poetry) | African History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9781853996733 ISBN 10: 1853996734
Full description for Cleopatra
Why are we still interested in Cleopatra? She has that eternally attractive combination of sexual allure, political power - even divine status - and personal wealth. She had by any standards an eventful life and an unforgettable death. She very nearly tipped the balance of power at a crucial moment in history: had she and Antony succeeded in maintaining their empire in the east, our cultural life might be very different today. In this concise, readable, well-illustrated book, Susan Walker and Sally-Ann Ashton look at the historical Cleopatra, at images of Cleopatra as a Greek queen and as ruler of Egypt, at contemporary perceptions of her and at how we see her today. We see how Roman propaganda depicted her as a threatening woman with non-Roman qualities of excessive behaviour and emotional manipulation, a view that has come down through Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and forms the basis of our understanding of her over two thousand years later.
