Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period: Kleopatra Thea and Kleopatra III

ISBN-13: 9781138635098 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 360 str.

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones; Alex McAuley

Opis

This first full-length study of sister-queens Kleopatra II and Kleopatra Thea explores the roles and ideology of ancient queensship and the significance of family politics in the dysfunctional dynasties of the late Hellenistic world. Suitable for students and scholars of Egyptology, gender in antiquity, and ancient history.

Spis treści

Introduction, 1. The Importance of Being Ptolemaic: Royal Women in Context, 2. Princesses to Queens, 3. Mothers, Wives, Queens, 4. Queenship in Name; Queenship Through Image; Queenship in Practice, 5. Fast-Forward: The Pentēkontaetia, Epilogue.