Historical Biography - Africa, Early Rome & The Republic - History, Egypt - History, Ancient Egyptian Monarchs & Rulers, General & Miscellaneous Ancient Egyptian History, Ancient Egypt Biography

Cleopatra Reassessed

Name: Cleopatra Reassessed
Author: Susan Walker, Sally-Ann Ashton
ISBN: 9780861591039

by Susan Walker, Sally-Ann Ashton

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Overview

This volume presents the work of a lively international symposium accompanying the special exhibition Cleopatra of Egypt: from History to Myth, held at the British Museum in 2001. The book is divided in four sections: Cleopatra and Egypt; Cleopatra and the Hellenistic Greek Tradition: Cleopatra and Rome; Cleopatra Abroad. Nineteen contributors explore such issues as the presentation of Cleopatra in written and visual sources; her known deeds as queen of Egypt; perceptions of Cleopatra in antiquity and the Islamic world, and the unexpectedly far-reaching influence of the last queen of Egypt as an icon of female power.

About the Author, Susan Walker, Sally-Ann Ashton

Susan Walker is Deputy Keeper in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum. Sally-Ann Ashton is Assistant Keeper of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.