Cleopatra: A Sphinx Revisited
by Margaret M. Miles (Editor), Sally-Ann Ashton (Contributor), Brian A. Curran (Contributor), Peter Green (Contributor), Erich S. Gruen (Contributor), Robert A. Gurval (Contributor), Dominic Montserrat (Contributor), Giuseppe Pucci (Contributor), Ingrid D. Rowland (Contributor), Margaret Mary DeMaria Smith (Contributor), Sarolta A. Takács (Contributor), Maria Wyke (Contributor)
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Cleopatra--a brave, astute, and charming woman who spoke many languages, entertained lavishly, hunted, went into battle, eliminated siblings to consolidate her power, and held off the threat of Imperial Rome to protect her country as long as she could--continues to fascinate centuries after she ruled Egypt. These wide-ranging essays explore such topics as Cleopatra's controversial trip to Rome, her suicide by snake bite, and the afterlife of her love potions. They view Cleopatra from the show more Egyptian perspective, and examine the reception in Rome of Egyptian culture, especially of its religion and architecture. They discuss films about her, and consider what inspired Egyptomania in early modern art. Together, these essays illuminate Cleopatra's legacy and illustrate how it has been used and reused through the centuries. show lessTags
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Margaret M. Miles, an archaeologist and historian, is Professor of Art History and Classics at the University of California, Irvine. She has held fellowships at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the American Academy in Rome. She has excavated at Corinth and Athens and did show more architectural fieldwork at Rhamnous in Greece and at Selinunte and Agrigento in Sicily. Her earlier publications include a study of the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous (Hesperia, 1989) and a volume in the Agora excavation series on the City Eleusinion, the downtown Athenian branch of the Eleusinian Mysteries (The Athenian Agora, Vol. 31: The City Eleusinion, 1998). show less
Sally-Ann Ashton is currently Senior Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

Peter Green is Dougherty Centennial Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin and Adjunct Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. He is the author of many books and translations, including Alexander to Actium, the poems of Catullus, and Apollonios Rhodios's The Argonautika, all published by UC Press.
Sarolta A. Takacs is Associate Professor of Classics and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program at Rutgers University. A cultural historian whose work focuses on pagan Rome and its Christian successor, Byzantium, she is the author or editor of five books and numerous articles, as well as editor-in-chief of Roman Studies: show more Interdisciplinary Approaches show less
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- 932.021092 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Egypt to 640 Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine periods, 332 b.c-640 ad. Hellenistic period, 332-30 b.c.
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- DT92.7 .C54 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Africa History of Africa Egypt History
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