Cleopatra and Egypt

Sally-Ann Ashton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2008
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-1390-8 (ISBN)

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Celebrated as queen, politician, and lover, Cleopatra remains an object of fascination more than 2,000 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.

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 illustrated with over 40 images

Sally-Ann Ashton studied at King’s College London and is currently Senior Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. She has published extensively on many aspects of later periods of Egyptian history and culture, including Ptolemaic royal sculpture from Egypt, the last queens of Egypt, Petrie’s Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis and Roman Egyptomania. She has worked on excavations in Greece, Libya, and Egypt and is currently involved in projects at Karnak temple.

List of Illustrations. Author’s Foreword.

Aknowledgements.

1 Cleopatra - Black and beautiful?.

2 Sources.

3 King’s daughter, King’s sister, Great royal wife.

4 Ruler and regent, 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

Reihe/Serie	Blackwell Ancient Lives
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 218 mm
Gewicht	336 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4051-1390-1 / 1405113901
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-1390-8 / 9781405113908
Zustand	Neuware