Antony and Cleopatra /

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Main Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

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Call Number: DG260 .A6 G65 2010

Table of Contents:
  • The two lands
  • The "she-wolf" : Rome's Republic
  • The Ptolemies
  • The orator, the spendthrift and the pirates
  • The oboe player
  • Adolescent
  • The return of the king
  • Candidate
  • "The new sibling-loving gods"
  • Tribune
  • Queen
  • Civil war
  • Caesar
  • Master of horse
  • Not king, but Caesar
  • Consul
  • "One of three"
  • Goddess
  • Vengeance
  • Dionysus and Aphrodite
  • Crisis
  • Invasion
  • "Lover of her fatherland"
  • "India and Asia tremble" : the grand expedition
  • Queen of kings
  • "Is she my wife?"
  • War
  • Actium
  • "A fine deed"
  • Conclusion : History and the great romance.