This beautifully illustrated new biography of Cleopatra draws on literary, archaeological, and art historical evidence to paint an intimate and compelling portrait of the most famous Queen of Egypt.
- Deconstructs the image of Cleopatra to uncover the complex historical figure behind the myth
- Examines Greek, Roman, and Egyptian representations of Cleopatra
- Considers how she was viewed by her contemporaries and how she presented herself
- Incorporates the author's recent field work at a temple of Cleopatra in Alexandria
- Beautifully illustrated with over 40 images
Celebrated as queen, politician, and lover, Cleopatra remains an object of fascination more than 2,000 years after her death. In this beautifully illustrated new study, Sally-Ann Ashton deconstructs the image of Cleopatra to uncover the complex historical figure behind the myth.
Incorporating Ashton's findings from her own recent survey of a temple of Cleopatra in Egypt, this book is the first to consider Cleopatra from a wholly Egyptian perspective. Drawing on literary, archaeological, and art historical evidence, Ashton paints an intimate and compelling portrait of the most famous Queen of Egypt.
