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From Amazon to Pharaoh – Following a Trail from Hypsicratea to Cleopatra VII
Hewitt Freiburg
Cleopatra VII’s father was Ptolemy XII. However, her mother has been unknown. We propose that (1) Hypsicratea, the concubine and then sixth wife of Mithridates VI, was Cleopatra VII’s grandmother and/or (2) either Mithridatis or Nyssa, two daughters of Mithridates VI and Hypsicratea or a different concubine, was Cleopatra VII’s mother, in part because one of those daughters was betrothed to Cleopatra’s father, Ptolemy XII.
The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research
Reading Cleopatra VII: The Crafting of a Political Persona
2014 •
Angelica E Phelps
The purpose of this paper is to examine the history of Cleopatra VII, as well as how and why she wanted to be depicted in a certain manner with respect to visual art. As the last noble of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, her images communicate her political abilities, her religious fervor, her maternal obligations and obstinacy in perpetuating royal lineage, and her direct connection to ancient Egyptian gods. Additionally, by consummating relationships with two of the most powerful men in ancient Roman history (Julius Caesar and Mark Antony), she was able to cultivate her skills as an influential pharaoh, equal to that of her male counterparts, and solidify her status as pharaoh. In exploring the multicultural facets of her images, I argue that not only did they not function solely as objects of aesthetic pleasure, they also appealed to a broad audience so as to communicate her level of influence as recognized not only in Egypt, but throughout the Mediterranean world.
Fairmount Folio: Journal of History
Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra. By Michel Chauveau. Translated by David Lorton. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2000
2004 •
Valancy Gilliam
Review of: 'Cleopatra and Egypt' by Sally-Ann Ashton, Blackwell Publishing (2008).
James Gill
Shedet 7
THE COLUMN OF CLEOPATRA III AND PTOLEMY THE COLUMN OF CLEOPATRA III AND PTOLEMY IX FROM KOM OMBO IN THE GEM (45481
2020 •
Ali Ali Abdel Halim
This is the in the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza. This column is covered with scenes, hieroglyphic texts is one of the queen, Cleopatra III, alone offering to deities. coregency between her and her son Ptolemy IX. Moreover, it the frieze of Hathori bird adoring the divine children of Kom Ombo. This research historical study Indeed, of Kom Ombo rec Ptolemy IX and his mother. reconstruction either as a complete element or locating it on the plan of the Mammisi of Kom Ombo. ABSTRACT This is the publication of a column currently in the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza. This column is covered with scenes, ieroglyphic texts, one of the few queen, Cleopatra III, alone offering to deities. Its content coregency between her and her son Ptolemy IX. Moreover, it bears the frieze of Hathori bird adoring the divine children of Kom Ombo. This research presents historical, and palaeographical analytical study of the scenes and texts of the column Indeed, it also shows of Kom Ombo rec Ptolemy IX and his mother. reconstruction of either as a complete element or locating it on the plan of the Mammisi of Kom Ombo.
Eurydice Georganteli
Studia Hellenistica 59
The Civil War between Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra II: Possible Causes and Key Events
2020 •
Eddy Lanciers
In this paper I discuss specific topics of the civil war between Ptolemy VIII and his sister Cleopatra II. I demonstrate that the sons of Cleopatra III, Ptolemy IX and X, officiated as eponymous priests in 135/4 and 134/3, which could be regarded by Cleopatra II as a threat to the position of her son Ptolemy Memphites as possible heir to the throne. Contrary to the prevailing opinion, I further argue that a new eponymous priesthood (hieros polos) for Cleopatra III, the king’s second wife, was already established before the outbreak of the civil war and may have been one of the causes of the dynastic strife. I further try to determine which places in Egypt supported the king and which rallied behind the queen in the first years of the conflict. Finally, I establish the chronology of the key events of the war: (1) the outbreak of the conflict, (2) the king’s expulsion from Alexandria, (3) his flight to Cyprus, (4) his return to Egypt, (5) his recapture of Alexandria and (6) the reconciliation of the monarchs.
Ptolemy I Soter: A Self-Made Man
2018 •
Tim Howe
As the founder of the longest-lasting of all the Hellenistic kingdoms, not only was Ptolemy I an able soldier and ruler, he was also an historian and, in Egyptian eyes, a living god. His own inclination and experience facilitated continuous acts of self-creation in a variety of forms, whether literary, dynastic, artistic, or political. The chapters in this book, written by field experts in numismatics, gender, warfare, historiography, Egyptology and religion, examine the many ways in which Alexander the Great's most successful Successor consciously made his own legacy.
Egyptian Archaeology Volume 42
Review of David Stuttard and Sam Moorhead. 2012. 31 BC: Antony, Cleopatra, and the Fall of Egypt. British Museum Press, London.
2013 •
John J Johnston
Jones, Prudence J.: Cleopatra - Sourcebook
Hesham Elshazly
