Eau de Cleopatra: Mendesian Perfume and Tell Timai
Cleopatra VII, the last of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, reveled in perfume (Plutarch, Life of Marcus Antonius 26.2). She even used it in her seduction of the Roman general Marc Antony. Sailing up the river Cydnus to meet him, she reclined in a canopy spangled with gold, adorned like Venus in a pai...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2021
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2021, Volume: 84, Issue: 3, Pages: 216-229 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cleopatra VII Egypt, Queen 69 BC-30 BC
/ Perfume
/ Formula
/ Book
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RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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