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Cleopatra Times Seven: Why Haven’t We Heard More About the Queens of Egypt?

As Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones explains in his Epilogue, male scholars have viewed the Cleopatras with some repugnance for playing the power game, which apparently they regarded as unladylike.

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in 'Cleopatra.'
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in 'Cleopatra.' Boxoffice magazine via Wikimedia Commons