Cleopatra : Her History, Her Myth

Cleopatra : Her History, Her Myth
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Cleopatra : Her History, Her Myth

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A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy "A thoughtful, sympathetic portrait of a legendary historical figure."-Kirkus Reviews The siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress who allegedly rolled out of a carpet she had herself smuggled in to see Caesar, Cleopatra is a figure shrouded in myth. Beyond the legends immortalized by Plutarch, Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, and others, there are no journals or letters written by Cleopatra herself. All we have to tell her story are words written by others. What has it meant for our understanding of Cleopatra to have had her story told by writers who had a political agenda, authors who distrusted her motives, and historians who believed she was a liar?

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ISBN13 (SKU)
9780300256673
Title
Cleopatra : Her History, Her Myth
Author
F Prose
Publisher
Yale University Press
Publication Date
2022
Country of Publication
United States
Format Type
Physical
Number of Pages
208
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