Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period: Kleopatra Thea and Kleopatra III

This first full-length study of sister-queens Kleopatra II and Kleopatra Thea explores the roles and ideology of ancient queensship and the significance of family politics in the dysfunctional dynasties of the late Hellenistic world. Suitable for students and scholars of Egyptology, gender in antiquity, and ancient history.

Author: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones,Alex McAuley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07/22/2022
Pages: 276
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781138635098

About the Author

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones holds the Chair in Ancient History at Cardiff University. He has published widely on Hellenistic, Greek, and Persian history as well as on gender studies and reception studies. His latest book is Persians: the Age of the Great Kings (2022).

Alex McAuley is Senior Lecturer in Hellenistic History at Cardiff University. He is the co-editor of Seleukid Royal Women (2016) and Ethnos and Koinon (2019), and has published widely on the Hellenistic dynasties, Greek civic culture, and the reception of Antiquity in film and television.