- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Original Sources of Chapters
- Illustrations
- Glossary
- [UNTITLED]
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Ptolemy I and the Quest for Legitimacy
- Chapter 2 Ptolemy III and Philae: Snapshot of a Reign, a Temple and a Cult
- Chapter 3 Cleopatra, the Diadem and the Image
- Chapter 4 Cleopatra Vii Philopatris
- Chapter 5 The Dynastic Politics of Cleopatra Vii
- Chapter 6 The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt
- Chapter 7 Ptolemaic Papyri and the Achaean Diaspora In Hellenistic Egypt
- Chapter 8 Greek Presence and the Ptolemaic Rural Setting
- Chapter 9 The Urban Milieu in the Egyptian Countryside During the Ptolemaic Period
- Chapter 10 Kerkeosiris and its Greeks in the Second Century<sup>1</sup>
- Chapter 11 The Cavalry Settlers of the Herakleopolite in the First Century
- Chapter 12 Two Royal Ordinances of the First Century and the Alexandrians
- Chapter 13 The Revenue Laws Papyrus: Greek Tradition and Hellenistic Adaptation
- Chapter 14 The Structural Tensions of Ptolemaic Society
- Chapter 15 The Third-century Land-leases From Tholthis
- Chapter 16 Greek Economy and Egyptian Society in the Third Century
- Chapter 17 Greeks and Egyptians According to <i>PSI</i> V 502
- Chapter 18 Graeco-Roman Egypt and the Question of Cultural Interactions
- Chapter 19 Normality and Distinctiveness in the Epigraphy of Greek and Roman Egypt
- Conclusion
- Bibligraphy
- General Index
- Index of Passages Discussed
- Hellenistic Culture and Society
The Dynastic Politics of Cleopatra Vii
The Dynastic Politics of Cleopatra Vii
- Chapter:
- (p.63) Chapter 5 The Dynastic Politics of Cleopatra Vii
- Source:
- Hellenistic Egypt
- Author(s):
Jean Bingen
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
Picking up the themes of chapters 3 and 4, this chapter looks at Cleopatra not in terms of the Roman depiction of her but in the context of the (often murderous) dynastic politics of the Ptolemaic monarchy. In this light, Cleopatra can be seen as trying to revive the fortunes of this kingdom even in a world dominated by Rome. After the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra faced repeated threats to her rule, particularly to her sole rule. Cleopatra used her son Ptolemy XV, said to be Caesar's son, as a visible male co-regent despite his young age. The adoption of the phrase “younger goddess” in her titulature is traced to evoking the Ptolemaic princess Cleopatra Thea who was queen of Syria as the wife of three successive Seleucid kings.
Keywords: Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra Thea, Caesarion, Julius Caesar, Ptolemy XII Auletes
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Original Sources of Chapters
- Illustrations
- Glossary
- [UNTITLED]
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Ptolemy I and the Quest for Legitimacy
- Chapter 2 Ptolemy III and Philae: Snapshot of a Reign, a Temple and a Cult
- Chapter 3 Cleopatra, the Diadem and the Image
- Chapter 4 Cleopatra Vii Philopatris
- Chapter 5 The Dynastic Politics of Cleopatra Vii
- Chapter 6 The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt
- Chapter 7 Ptolemaic Papyri and the Achaean Diaspora In Hellenistic Egypt
- Chapter 8 Greek Presence and the Ptolemaic Rural Setting
- Chapter 9 The Urban Milieu in the Egyptian Countryside During the Ptolemaic Period
- Chapter 10 Kerkeosiris and its Greeks in the Second Century<sup>1</sup>
- Chapter 11 The Cavalry Settlers of the Herakleopolite in the First Century
- Chapter 12 Two Royal Ordinances of the First Century and the Alexandrians
- Chapter 13 The Revenue Laws Papyrus: Greek Tradition and Hellenistic Adaptation
- Chapter 14 The Structural Tensions of Ptolemaic Society
- Chapter 15 The Third-century Land-leases From Tholthis
- Chapter 16 Greek Economy and Egyptian Society in the Third Century
- Chapter 17 Greeks and Egyptians According to <i>PSI</i> V 502
- Chapter 18 Graeco-Roman Egypt and the Question of Cultural Interactions
- Chapter 19 Normality and Distinctiveness in the Epigraphy of Greek and Roman Egypt
- Conclusion
- Bibligraphy
- General Index
- Index of Passages Discussed
- Hellenistic Culture and Society
