Cleopatra Reassessed (Occasional Paper)
Contributors: Susan Walker (Editor); Sally-Ann Ashton (Editor)
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: June 2004
Language: eng; fre
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780861591039
Subjects: African history: BCE to c 500 CE; Biography: historical; History - General History; History; History: World; Ancient Egypt; Ancient - Egypt; 332-30 B.C; Biography; Cleopatra,; Egypt; Queen of Egypt,; Queens; d. 30 B.C
Description: "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."