Cleopatra of Egypt : From History to Myth

by: Walker, S. Higgs, P.

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 Cleopatra of Egypt : from history to myth
Authors:Susan Walker (Editor), Peter Higgs (Editor)

Fabled for her sexual allure and cunning intelligence, Cleopatra VII of Egypt has fascinated generations of admirers and detractors since her tumultuous life ended in suicide on Octavian's capture of Egypt in 30 BC. The last of the Ptolemaic monarchs who had ruled Egypt as Hellenistic Greek kings and Egyptian pharaohs for 300 years, Cleopatra created her own mythology, becoming an icon in her own lifetime and even more so after her death. This book explores the ways in which she was depicted in antiquity, within the context of the iconography of contemporary coinage, statues and other images of Egyptian, Greek and Roman rulers, and then examines the image of Cleopatra from the Renaissance to modern times, as seen in plays, opera, painting, ceramics and even jewellery. New research has revealed ten Egyptian-style images of Cleopatra, seven of which are shown here

Index of lenders 6
Foreward by the Director 7
Preface 10
Maps 11
I. The Ptolemies and Alexandria 13
1. Sins of the father: the inheritance of Cleopatra, last queen of Egypt 14
2. Alexandria 32
II. Cleopatra, Lady of the Two Lands 127
3. Cleopatra's subtle religious strategy by Guy Weill Goudchaux 128
4. Cleopatra's images: reflections of reality by Susan Walker 142
5. Identifying the Egyptian-style Ptolemaic queens by Sally-Ann Ashton 148
III. Cleopatra and the Power of Rome 189
6. 'Spoiling the Egyptians': Octavian and Cleopatra by J.H.C. Williams 190
7. Searching for Cloepatra's image: classical portaits in stone by Peter Higgs 200
8. Was Cleopatra beautiful? The conflicts answers of numismatics by Guy Weill Goudchaux 210
IV. Egypt in Rome / The Myth of Cleopatra 275
9. Egyptian influences in Italy by Carla Alfano 276
10. Anything truth can do, we can do better: the Cleopatra legend by Christopher Pelling 290
11. The myth of Cleopatra since the Renaissance by Mary Hamer 302
Chronology 370
Glossary 371
Bibliography 371
List of authors 374
Concordance 375
Photographic acknowledgements 379
Index 380

Issued in connection with exhibitions held in 2000-2002 at the Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, the British Museum, London, and the Field Museum, Chicago

384 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Cleopatra of Egypt : From History to Myth

by: Walker, S. Higgs, P.

• ISBN-13: 9780691088358 / 978-0-691-08835-8
• ISBN-03: 0691088357 / 0-691-08835-7
• Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 2001

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