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Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth
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Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth Hardcover - 2002

by Chauveau, Michel

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Chauveau combines his knowledge of Egyptian sources with judicious use of classical materials to produce an authoritative biography of Cleopatra, the woman and queen, seen in the light of the turbulent era in which she lived. 10 illustrations. 2 maps.

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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2002. 2nd prt.. hardcover. 8vo, 104 pp. .
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  • Title Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth
  • Author Chauveau, Michel
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 2nd prt.
  • Condition Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY
  • Date 2002
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BOOKS107777I
  • ISBN 9780801438677 / 0801438675
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.52 x 5.7 x 0.58 in (21.64 x 14.48 x 1.47 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Cleopatra, Queens - Egypt
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001004722
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the publisher

Cleopatra: kohl and vipers, barges and thrones, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. We have long been schooled in the myth of the Egyptian ruler. In his new book Michel Chauveau brings us a picture of her firmly based in reality. Cleopatra VII reigned in Egypt between 51 and 30 B.C.E. Her primary goal as a ruler was to restore over the eastern Mediterranean the supremacy of the Lagides, the dynasty of Macedonian origin of which she herself was a descendant. We know the queen best from Greek and Latin sources, though these must be used with caution because of their bias. Understandably enough, they reflect not only matters of interest to Romans, but also the propaganda that Octavian used against the queen during his struggles with Mark Antony. Chauveau combines his knowledge of Egyptian sources with judicious use of classical materials to produce an authoritative biography of Cleopatra, the woman and queen, seen in the light of the turbulent era in which she lived.

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The reign of Cleopatra represented the end of one of humanity's greatest adventures, which began with Alexander's conquest of the East, from the Nile to the Indus, permitting the formation of states with mixed, multicultural populations dominated by a Greek or Hellenized minority.

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  • Publishers Weekly, 04/01/2002, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 04/01/2002, Page 74
  • School Library Journal, 07/01/2002, Page 145

About the author

Michel Chauveau is a former member of the Institut Franais d'Archologie Orientale in Cairo, and is currently director of studies at L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. He is the author of Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society under the Ptolemies, also from Cornell. David Lorton, an Egyptologist, lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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