Antony and Cleopatra /

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Author / Creator:Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith. author
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
Description:vi, 470 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8136551
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ISBN:9780300165340 (alk. paper)
030016534X (alk. paper)
9780300177459 (pbk.)
0300177453 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-454) and index.
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.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Map List
  • Introduction
  • I. The Two Lands
  • II. The 'She-Wolf': Rome's Republic
  • III. The Ptolemies
  • IV. The Orator, the Spendthrift and the Pirates
  • V. The Oboe Player
  • VI. Adolescent
  • VII. The Return of the King
  • VIII. Candidate
  • IX. 'The New Sibling-Loving Gods'
  • X. Tribune
  • XI. Queen
  • XII. Civil War
  • XIII. Caesar
  • XIV. Master of Horse
  • XV. Not King, But Caesar
  • XVI. Consul
  • XVII. 'One of Three'
  • XVIII. Goddess
  • XIX. Vengeance
  • XX. Dionysus and Aphrodite
  • XXI. Crisis
  • XXII. Invasion
  • XXIII. 'Lover of Her Fatherland'
  • XXIV. 'India and Asia Tremble': The Grand Expedition
  • XXV. Queen of Kings
  • XXVI. 'Is She My Wife?'
  • XXVII. War
  • XXVIII. Actium
  • XXIX. 'A Fine Deed'
  • Conclusion: History and the Great Romance
  • Family Trees
  • Chronology
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index