Cleopatra

di Sally-Ann Ashton (Autore)

Susan Walker (Autore)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006

Why are we still interested in Cleopatra? She has that eternally attractive combination of sexual allure, political power - even divine status - and personal wealth. She had by any standards an eventful life and an unforgettable death. She very nearly tipped the balance of power at a crucial moment in history: had she and Antony succeeded in maintaining their empire in the east, our cultural life might be very different today. In this concise, readable, well-illustrated book, Susan Walker and Sally-Ann Ashton look at the historical Cleopatra, at images of Cleopatra as a Greek queen and as ruler of Egypt, at contemporary perceptions of her and at how we see her today. We see how Roman propaganda depicted her as a threatening woman with non-Roman qualities of excessive behaviour and emotional manipulation, a view that has come down through Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and forms the basis of our understanding of her over two thousand years later.

• Autore: Sally-Ann Ashton, Susan Walker
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Collana: Ancients in Action
• Anno: 2006
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 144 p.
• Dimensioni: 214 x 134 mm
• Peso: 188 gr.
• EAN: 9781853996733

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