Even in outline, the life of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of the more famous Cleopatra and the Roman general Marc Antony, seems drawn from a romance novel. Orphaned at age 11 by the suicides of her ...
Draycott, a lecturer in ancient history at the University of Glasgow, debuts with a lush biography of Cleopatra Selene, the only daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and her lover Mark Antony. Born ...
This fascinating historical novel explores the tumultuous history of Cleopatra VIII Selene, the only daughter of Cleopatra VII and Marcus Antonius. "How was it that I ...
Cleopatra’s Daughter sees archaeologist Jane Draycott reconstruct the story of a fascinating but long-neglected female ruler: Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII and the Roman triumvir Mark ...
Cleopatra VII is one of the most famous women in history, but few people know that her daughter also became a remarkable and influential ruler. Cleopatra Selene II, the daughter of Cleopatra and Mark ...
Selene, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, was the personification of the moon and a goddess of the night. The love of her life was the handsome Endymion, who became Selene’s eternally slumbering consort.
TO SELENE (1–20) And next, sweet voiced Muses, daughters of Zeus, well-skilled in song, tell of the long-winged [1] Moon. From her immortal head a radiance is shown from heaven and embraces earth; and great is the beauty that ariseth from her shining light. The air, unlit before, glows with the light of her golden crown, and her rays beam clear, whensoever bright Selene having bathed her ...
Endymion, son of Aethlius and Calyce, was a king of Elis whose remarkable beauty won him the love of Selene, goddess of the moon. In the best-known tradition, the gods caused Endymion to fall into an eternal sleep so that he would remain young and handsome forever.