The Reign Of Cleopatra

Author : Stanley Mayer Burstein
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806138718

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The Reign of Cleopatra by Stanley Mayer Burstein Pdf

An engaging, accessible biography of the legendary Egyptian queen, with source documents Ambitious, intelligent, and desired by powerful men, Cleopatra VII came to power at a time when Roman and Egyptian interests increasingly concerned the same object: Egypt itself. Cleopatra lived and reigned at the center of this complex and persistent power struggle. Her legacy has since lost much of its former political significance, as she has come to symbolize instead the potent force of female sexuality and power. In this engaging and multifaceted account, Stanley M. Burstein displays Cleopatra in the full manifold brilliance of the multiple cultures, countries, and people that surrounded her throughout her compelling life, and in so doing develops a stunning picture of a legendary queen and a deeply historic reign. Designed as an accessible introduction to Cleopatra VII and her time, The Reign of Cleopatra offers readers and researchers an appealing mix of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated primary documents. The narrative chapters conclude with a discussion of Cleopatra’s significance as a person, a queen, and a symbol. A glossary and annotated bibliography round out the volume.

Author : Stacy Schiff
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316121804

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Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff Pdf

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and -- after his murder -- three more with his protégé. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff 's is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life.

Author : Susan Blackaby
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402765401

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Cleopatra by Susan Blackaby Pdf

An air of mystcry surrounds Cleopatra. A record of her reign as queen of Egypt simply doesn't exist and we must piece together her story from fragments, artifacts, and historical writings. Was she a selfish, extravagant, and overly ambitious tyrant? Or was she a patriotic advocate for her people with the courage to stand up to those who held power in Rome? Cleopatra spent her reign fighting for her right to rule and struggling to maintain Egypt's independence. Love, power, and political advantage became intertwined as Cleopatra aligned herself with the dominant political figures of her time. These partnerships both helped and hurt her beloved Egypt. So who was Cleopatra? Her motives may be open to debate, but it cannot be denied that she was a savvy political mastermind, a powerful queen, and a force to be reckoned with - in any age. Book jacket.

Author : Michel Chauveau
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0801485762

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Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra by Michel Chauveau Pdf

Few other civilizations rival Ancient Egypt in its power to capture the modern imagination, and Cleopatra VII, monarch at the end of the Ptolemaic period, has always been preeminent among its cast of characters. Coming to power just before the unstable state was about to be absorbed into an autocratic empire, Cleopatra oversaw not only Egypt's progress as an influential regional power but also the fragile peace of its ethnically mixed population.Michel Chauveau looks at many facets of life under this queen and her dynasty, drawing on such sources as firsthand accounts, numismatics, and Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. His use of such sources helps to free the narrative of dependence on later (and usually hostile) Greek and Roman historians. By taking up such subjects as funeral customs, language and writing, social class structure, religion, and administration, he affords the reader an unprecedented and comprehensive picture of Greek and Egyptian life in both the cities and the countryside.Originally published in French in 1997, Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra fulfills a long-standing need for an accessible introduction to the social, economic, religious, military, and cultural history of Ptolemaic Egypt.

Author : Jacob Abbott
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664608468

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History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt by Jacob Abbott Pdf

This is a historical account of the life and reign of one of the most famous women in history. The book delves into the extraordinary circumstances surrounding Cleopatra's upbringing, her ascension to the throne, and her relationships with some of the most powerful men of her time, including Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. In this book, the author offers a clear picture of the political and cultural landscape of ancient Egypt.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433074917158

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Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Joyce Tyldesley
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847650443

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Cleopatra by Joyce Tyldesley Pdf

She was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for three centuries. Highly educated (she was the only one of the Ptolemies to read and speak ancient Egyptian as well as the court Greek) and very clever (her famous liaisons with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony were as much to do with politics as the heart), she steered her kingdom through impossibly taxing internal problems and railed against greedy Roman imperialism. Stripping away preconceptions as old as her Roman enemies, Joyce Tyldesley uses all her skills as an Egyptologist to give us this magnificent biography.

Author : Duane W. Roller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199829965

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Cleopatra by Duane W. Roller Pdf

Few personalities from classical antiquity are more familiar yet more poorly grasped than Cleopatra (69-30 BC), queen of Egypt. In this work, Duane Roller has written the definitive biography of the queen, not as a figure in popular culture or even in the arts and literature of the last 500 years, but as the last Greek queen of Egypt.

Author : Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465613844

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The Life and Times of Cleopatra Queen of Egypt: A Study in the Origin of the Roman Empire by Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall Pdf

In the following pages it will be observed that, in order not to distract the reader, I have refrained from adding large numbers of notes, references, and discussions, such as are customary in works of this kind. I am aware that by telling a straightforward story in this manner I lay myself open to the suspicions of my fellow-workers, for there is always some tendency to take not absolutely seriously a book which neither prints chapter and verse for its every statement, nor often interrupts the text with erudite arguments. In the case of the subject which is here treated, however, it has seemed to me unnecessary to encumber the pages in this manner, since the sources of my information are all so well known; and I have thus been able to present the book to the reader in a style consonant with a principle of archæological and historical study to which I have always endeavoured to adhere—namely, the avoidance of as many of those attestations of learning as may be discarded without real loss. A friend of mine, an eminent scholar, in discussing with me the scheme of this volume, earnestly exhorted me on the present occasion not to abide by this principle. Remarking that the trouble with my interpretation of history was that I attempted to make the characters live, he urged me at least to justify the manner of their resuscitation in the eyes of the doctors of science by cramming my pages with extracts from my working notes, relevant or otherwise, and by smattering my text with Latin and Greek quotations. I trust, however, that he was speaking in behalf of a very small company, for the sooner this kind of jargon of scholarship is swept into the world’s dust-bin, the better will it be for public education. To my mind a knowledge of the past is so necessary to a happy mental poise that it seems absolutely essential for historical studies to be placed before the general reader in a manner sympathetic to him. “History,” said Emerson, “no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by languages and titles a catalogue of the volumes you have read. You shall make me feel what periods you have lived.” Such has been my attempt in the following pages; and, though I am so conscious of my literary limitations that I doubt my ability to place the reader in touch with past events, I must confess to a sense of gladness that I, at any rate, with almost my whole mind, have lived for a time in the company of the men and women of long ago of whom these pages tell.

Author : Michel Chauveau
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0801489539

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Cleopatra by Michel Chauveau Pdf

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.

Author : Susan Walker,Peter Higgs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025283875

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Cleopatra of Egypt by Susan Walker,Peter Higgs Pdf

Fabled for her sexual allure and cunning intelligence, Cleopatra VII of Egypt has fascinated generations of admirers and detractors since her tumultuous life ended in suicide on Octavians' capture of Egypt in 30 BC. The last of the Ptolemaic monarchs who had ruled Egypt as Hellenistic Greek kings and Egyptian pharaohs for 300 years, Cleopatra created her own mythology, becoming an icon in her own lifetime and even more so after her death. This book explores the ways in which she was depicted in antiquity, within the context of the iconography of contemporary coinage, statues and other images of Egyptian, Greek and Roman rulers, and then examines the image of Cleopatra from the Renaissance to modern times, as seen in plays, opera, painting, ceramics and even jewellery. Exciting new research has revealed seven Egyptian-style statues believed to represent Cleopatra, and two portraits probably commissioned in Rome while she lived there with Julius Caesar.

Author : Julia Samson
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Queens
ISBN : 0760728372

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Nefertiti & Cleopatra by Julia Samson Pdf

Author : Edwyn Robert Bevan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Egypt
ISBN : UOM:39015000652191

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The House of Ptolemy by Edwyn Robert Bevan Pdf

Author : Dezső Bernáth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:557068828

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Cleopatra, her life and reign by Dezső Bernáth Pdf

Author : Vicky Alvear Shecter
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635928433

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Cleopatra Rules! by Vicky Alvear Shecter Pdf

Learn all about Cleopatra, a far more capable and powerful ruler than people have thought, in this lively and informative biography. Most of what we've known about Cleopatra—and what crept into art, film, and literature—came from her enemies, the Romans. Ascending to the throne at young age of 17, Cleopatra proved to be a brilliant negotiator who forged alliances that kept her in power and in control of her kingdom. This book about Egypt's last and most famous pharaoh features an inviting text, many sidebars, and excellent color illustrations: maps, photos of ancient artifacts, and artworks from many historical periods.