Cleopatras
eBook - ePub

Cleopatras

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Cleopatras

About this book

Although there are many books written about the most famous Cleopatra, this is the only study in English devoted to her less well-known but equally illustrious namesakes.
Cleopatras traces the turbulent lives and careers of these historically important women, examining in particular the earlier Macedonian and Ptolemaic Cleopatras, and the impact of their dynastic marriages on the history of the Hellenistic world. John Whitehorne also evaluates current views of Cleopatra VII's dramatic suicide, and considers the evolving political significance of royal women in the last three centuries BC.
Clearly and engagingly written, Cleopatras reveals the true significance to the ruling dynasties of the 34 known Cleopatras who were not Cleopatra the Great, and illuminates some fascinating but little-known aspects of ancient Greek and Egyptian history along the way.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
Print ISBN
9780415058063
eBook ISBN
9781134932153

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. PREFACE
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. 1: FROM MYTH TO LEGEND
  8. 2: CLEOPATRA, PERDICCAS II, AND ARCHELAUS
  9. 3: PHILIP II’S LAST WIFE
  10. 4: A DOUBLE MYSTERY
  11. 5: ALEXANDER’S SISTER
  12. 6: FROM AEGAE TO ALEXANDRIA
  13. 7: THE SELEUCID CONNECTION (1)
  14. 8: CLEOPATRA II AND PTOLEMY VI
  15. PLATES
  16. 9: CLEOPATRA II AND PTOLEMY VIII
  17. 10: CLEOPATRA II, CLEOPATRA III, AND PTOLEMY VIII
  18. 11: CLEOPATRA III AND HER CHILDREN
  19. 12 THE SELEUCID CONNECTION (2)
  20. 13: THE SELEUCID CONNECTION (3)
  21. 14: THE TWILIGHT OF THE PTOLEMIES
  22. 15: CLEOPATRA VII’S SUICIDE
  23. 16: THE END OF THE LINE
  24. APPENDIX 1: WHO’S WHO AMONG THE PTOLEMIES
  25. APPENDIX 2: GENEALOGICAL TABLES
  26. NOTES
  27. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY