Research Catalog
Antony and Cleopatra
- Title
- Antony and Cleopatra / Adrian Goldsworthy.
- Author
- Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- vi, 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables, maps; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- Egypt
- Statesmen
- Queens
- Generals
- 332-30 B.C
- Biographies
- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C
- Statesmen > Rome > Biography
- Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C > Biography
- Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C
- Biography
- Egypt > Kings and rulers > Biography
- Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C > Biography
- Queens > Egypt > Biography
- History
- Rome (Empire)
- Kings and rulers
- Generals > Rome > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-454) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-6961
- ISBN
- 9780300165340
- 030016534X
- 9780300177459
- 0300177453
- LCCN
- 2010929122
- OCLC
- 659615512
- Author
- Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.
- Title
- Antony and Cleopatra / Adrian Goldsworthy.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-454) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 332-30 B.C.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-6961