Antony and Cleopatra / Adrian Goldsworthy.
2010
DG260.A6 G65 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Antony and Cleopatra / Adrian Goldsworthy.
Author
Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.
ISBN
9780300165340 (alk. paper)
030016534X (alk. paper)
030016534X (alk. paper)
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
vi, 470 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), geneal. tables, maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
DG260.A6 G65 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
937.05/0922
Summary
In this dual biography of the two great lovers of antiquity, historian Adrian Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a portrait of his subjects--who were first and foremost political animals.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-454) and index.
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Table of Contents
The two lands
The 'she-wolf': Rome's Republic
The Ptolemies
The orator, the spendthrift and the pirates
The oboe player
Adolescent
The return of the king
Candidate
'The new sibling-loving gods'
Tribune
Queen
Civil war
Caesar
Master of horse
Not king, but Caesar
Consul
'One of three'
Goddess
Vengeance
Dionysus and Aphrodite
Crisis
Invasion
'Lover of her fatherland'
'India and Asia tremble': the grand expedition
Queen of kings
'Is she my wife?'
War
Actium
'A fine deed'
Conclusion: history and the great romance.
The 'she-wolf': Rome's Republic
The Ptolemies
The orator, the spendthrift and the pirates
The oboe player
Adolescent
The return of the king
Candidate
'The new sibling-loving gods'
Tribune
Queen
Civil war
Caesar
Master of horse
Not king, but Caesar
Consul
'One of three'
Goddess
Vengeance
Dionysus and Aphrodite
Crisis
Invasion
'Lover of her fatherland'
'India and Asia tremble': the grand expedition
Queen of kings
'Is she my wife?'
War
Actium
'A fine deed'
Conclusion: history and the great romance.