| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 207 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Women in antiquity
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Women in antiquity.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series; Cleopatra's Daughter; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Genealogical Chart; Introduction; 1 Queens and Royal Women; 2 Cleopatra's Daughter; 3 Glaphyra of Cappadocia; 4 Salome of Judaea; 5 Dynamis of Bosporos; 6 Pythodoris of Pontos; 7 Aba of Olbe and Mousa of Parthia; 8 Royal Women and Roman Women; Appendix 1. A Note on Flavius Josephus and Nikolaos of Damascus; Appendix 2. The Girl Who Danced for the Head of John the Baptist; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; List of Passages Cited; Index. |
| Summary |
This is the first study of the royal women who ruled in the Mediterranean in the latter first century BC, in a symbiotic relationship with the Roman government. Several are discussed, with the most prominent being Cleopatra Selene (the daughter of the famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt) and Salome, the sister of Herod the Great. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Queens -- Biography.
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Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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Kings and rulers. |
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Queens. |
| Genre/Form |
Biography
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roller, Duane W. Cleopatra's daughter. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] 0190618825 9780190618827 (OCoLC)1022077510 |
| ISBN |
9780190618834 (electronic bk.) |
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0190618833 (electronic bk.) |
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9780190618827 |
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0190618825 |
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9780190618841 (epub) |
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0190618841 |
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9780190618841 |
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