Cleopatra : a sourcebook
Derived from a course Jones (classics, Montclair State U.) taught at Bryn Mawr College with another professor, this volume is an anthology of primary sources from Roman times and cultural accounts of Cleopatra from the 14th to the 20th centuries. The readings describe the Ptolemies, Cleopatra and her death, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Octavian, and the Battle of Actium. The second section, which deals with reception from modern eras, examines whether Cleopatra was good or bad, Shakespeare's representation of her, her sexuality, accounts by women such as Charlotte Bronte, Arabic and Afrocentric portrayals, modern depictions by George Bernard Shaw and Thornton Wilder, and portrayals of Egypt by Percy Bysshe Shelley and others. The book contains a genealogy and selective filmography
History
1 online resource (xv, 345 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780806181974, 9780806137414, 0806181974, 080613741X
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The Ptolemies
Cleopatra's early career
Caesar
Antony
Octavian
Actium
The death of Cleopatra
Good woman or bad?
The world well lost?
Women's voices
Egyptomania
Fatal Cleopatra
Cleopatra in Arabic
Afrocentric Cleopatra
Modern Cleopatras