The last queens of Egypt /

The last of the Ptolemaic monarchs, rulers of Egypt for 300 years, Cleopatra is the most famous of the Ptolemaic queens. But what of her predecessors?

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ashton, Sally-Ann
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harlow : Longman, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Role models
  • Egypt and the Ptolemies
  • Cleopatra and her ancestors
  • Presentation to the Greeks: Hellenistic queens
  • Continuing the tradition: queens of Egypt
  • The royal cults: deification and amalgamation
  • The legacy of the Ptolemaic queens
  • A selective family tree of the Ptolematic queens.