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Cleopatra : histories, dreams and distortions /

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Cleopatra, a competent Hellenistic ruler who was celibate for over half of her adult life, has been remembered as the heroine of an exotic love story and has been recreated over and over again, each time in a form that fits the prejudices and fantasies of the age that produced it.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes-Hallett, Lucy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper and Row, [1990]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Cleopatra, > Queen of Egypt, > -30 B.C.
Cleopatra, > Queen of Egypt, > -30 B.C. > In literature.
Queens in literature.
Women > Mythology.
Sexism.
Sex discrimination against women.
Femmes > Mythologie.
Sexisme.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes.
Sexism
Sex discrimination against women
Literature
Queens in literature
Women > Mythology
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Summary:Cleopatra, a competent Hellenistic ruler who was celibate for over half of her adult life, has been remembered as the heroine of an exotic love story and has been recreated over and over again, each time in a form that fits the prejudices and fantasies of the age that produced it.
Physical Description:338 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0060162163
9780060162160