Greenwood Press, 2004. — 180 p. — (Greenwood guides to historic events of the ancient world). — ISBN 0–313–32527–8. 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...
Routledge, 1993-12-22, 104 p. ISBN: 0415100208 The first biography of Ptolemy in any language, Walter Ellis' study charts in detail this ancient ruler's extraordinary achievements both in and beyond Egypt and within the period between the death of Alexander the Great's empire and the birth of the Hellenistic state. It was during this time that a great number of powerful and...
Harper, 2008. — 464 p. — ISBN: 978-0-06-058558-7. The subject of myth for more than two millennia, Cleopatra has long been obscured by Roman propaganda, Shakespearean tragedy, and Hollywood glamour. Yet Cleopatra was a woman of passion, magnetism, and political genius, the last and perhaps the greatest Egyptian pharaoh. In Cleopatra the Great, world-renowned Egyptologist Joann...
Harvard University Press, 2005. — 351 p. Cleopatra is one of the most famous women who ever lived. Even though she was the last of a dynasty of seven Cleopatras, we think of her as if she were unique. The most beautiful and celebrated actresses of all time, among them the divine Sarah Bernhardt, the incomparable Vivien Leigh, and the legendary Elizabeth Taylor, have vied to...
Przewodnik chronologiczny i genealogiczny. — Znak, 1996. — 21 s. — (Dynastie świata). — ISBN: 83-7006-263-6. Kolejna część zawiera ujęte w przejrzystą formę, precyzyjne informacje na temat najważniejszych domów panujących we Francji. Należy do zbioru Dynastie świata, chociaż także może być pojedynczą wspomagającą lekturą. Zredagowana przy współpracy wielu naukowców kolekcja...
Oxford University Press, 2010. - 267 p. ISBN10: 0195365534 Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous-yet more poorly understood-than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In the centuries since her death in 30 BC, she has been endlessly portrayed in the arts and popular culture, from Shakespearean tragedy to paintings, opera, and movies. Despite the queen's enduring...
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