A Myth That Never Dies: Cleopatra in Twentieth-Century Italian Culture Cover Image

Mit, który nie umiera nigdy. Kleopatra w kulturze dwudziestowiecznych Włoch
A Myth That Never Dies: Cleopatra in Twentieth-Century Italian Culture

Author(s): Julia Janicka-Jarnuszkiewicz
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Cleopatra; Italian culture

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses twentieth-century Italian films and books devoted to the personage of Cleopatra. Fascination with the myth of the Egyptian queen reached its climax during the period of fascism; but also later Cleopatra was the subject of many works, often having little in common with the historical facts.

  • Issue Year: 60/2005
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 377-385
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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