Description
A guide to the history of royal women and their court intrigues throughout the Hellenistic period. It supplies a narrative and an analysis of the strategic in-fighting involving the numerous Cleopatras, Laodices and Stratonices, their female rivals, their male relatives, and enemies.
About the Author
Daniel Ogden is Professor of Ancient History in the University of Exeter, after teaching in Swansea between 1991 and 2003. With the Classical Press of Wales he has also published Aristomenes of Messene (2003); In Search of the Sorcerer's Apprentice: The Traditional Tales of Lucian's Lover of Lies (2007); and, as editor, The Hellenistic World: New Perspectives (2002).
Reviews
O's book puts internal disputes into perspective and introduces a certain amount of method to the apparent madness of Hellenistic domestic affairs. It is a prosopographer's delight, and goldmine of information for every student of Hellenistic history. -- Waldemar Heckel * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9781914535383
Author Professor Daniel Ogden
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Classical Press of Wales
Publisher Classical Press of Wales