Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and DistortionsCleopatra, a competent Hellenistic ruler who was celibate for over half of her adult life, has been remembered as the heroine of an exotic love story and has been recreated over and over again, each time in a form that fits the prejudices and fantasies of the age that produced it. |
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Introduction | 1 |
The Story According to Octavius | 36 |
Cleopatras Version | 70 |
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