Cleopatra the Great (65 page)

Epaphroditus 310, 315

Ephesus 3, 22, 26, 78-9, 94, 97, 155, 156, 172, 227, 231-2, 241, 281-2, 339

epilepsy, Caesar's 170, 203, 209

Epirus 21, 24, 33

Erasistratus 47

Eratosthenes of Cyrene 51, 108, 150

Eros 199, 309

Esna (Tasenet) 59, 146

Euclid 81

Eudoxus of Knidus 16, 130

Eunoe 170

Euphorbus 335

Euphronios 279, 299, 306

Euripedes 16, 21, 81

Eurydike (cousin of Arrhidaios) 40

Eurydike (Illyrian princess) 21

Eurydike (niece and wife of Philip) 24, 25

Eurydike (wife of Ptolemy I) 42

Evander, Gaius Avianius 266

 

Fayum, the 49, 93, 132-5, 150, 200

Felix, Tiberius Claudius 339

Festival of Inundation 151

Festival of the Beautiful Union, 148-9

Flaccus, Quintus Horatius (Horace) 229, 261, 288, 315, 327

food tasters 117

food, Roman 191-4

Fortuna 181, 186, 190

Forum of Julius 201

Forum, the 165, 173, 174, 201, 205-6, 211-13, 216, 225-6, 273, 327-8, 340

Fucine Lake, the 200

Fulvia 196, 223, 225-6, 231, 252, 254-6, 261, 272, 284, 333

 

Gabiniani, the 79-80, 95, 97-8, 103, 118

Gabinius, Aulus 79, 80, 94, 111, 263

Gaetulicus 338

Gaia Afrania 226

Galen 82, 117, 156, 188, 301

Gallus, Gaius Cornelius 307, 310, 326

Ganymedes 80, 119

gardens, Janiculum Hill 182-3

Gaul 80, 114, 192, 196,205,206,224-5,230-1, 254, 256

Caesar in 78, 94, 108, 109, 110, 111, 170-2, 202

Gaza 27, 28, 56

Geb (god) 43, 86, 151, 218, 257

Geminius, Gaius 286

Giza 16, 29, 46, 129, 134

gladiators 173-4

Glaphyra, Queen 231, 262

Great Library, of Alexandria 4, 32, 46-7, 47, 51, 119, 340

Greek culture, influence on Egypt 13-36, 135

Grypus (Antiochus VIII) 62-3, 64, 65, 79, 256

Gymnasion, the 55, 62, 67, 82, 201, 275, 305, 311, 338

 

Hades 41, 81, 336

Hadrumetum (Sousse) 165

hair

Caesar's receding hairline 110, 188

Cleopatra's 87, 96, 166-7, 197, 198-9, 22930, 237-8, 238, 315, 318

Halicarnassus 26

‘Hall of Statues' (Karnak temple) 17

handwriting, Cleopatra's 2

Hannibal 53, 55, 287

Hapu 144

Harmakhis 55

Harpokrates 298

‘hasta caelibaris' (‘celibate spear') 155

Hathor 44, 46

goddess 89, 91, 136, 154, 162, 183

Hathor-Aphrodite 237

Hathor-Isis 43, 80, 85, 86, 139-40, 163, 167, 212, 217-18

Hathor-Termuthis 128

images of 139, 148-9, 168

see also
Aphrodite; Venus

Hatshepsut 5-6, 43, 83, 86, 104, 138, 144, 151, 166

Heka 220

Hekataios 17

Hekate 192

Helen of Troy 249, 290

Heliopohs (City of the Sun) 19, 28, 128, 130, 216, 269, 323, 329

Helios (sun god) 183, 257

Helios, Alexander 263, 264, 273, 275-6, 280, 296, 306, 333, 335

Henen-nesut (Herakleopolis) 41, 134

Hephaistion 23, 28, 37, 137

Hera (Juno) 43, 44, 208, 328

Herakles (Henshef) 134, 196, 221, 237, 243, 265, 274, 328

Hermes 47, 135

see also
Thoth

Hermogenes, Marcus Tigellius 193-4

Hermonthis 80, 86, 90-1, 142, 145-6, 162-3, 218-19, 301-2, 304, 324-5

Hermopolis 340

Herod of Judaea 120, 231, 254, 259-60, 262, 268-9, 296, 299, 307

Herodotus 17, 49, 82, 89, 134, 191, 302, 336

Herophilus 47, 156

Herwennefer of Thebes 54

Hierax 66

high priests of Memphis 29, 73, 82, 256, 331

Hipparchus 300

Hippocrates 21, 47, 81, 157

Homer 23, 26, 31-2, 39, 81, 119, 214, 249

homosexual affair, alleged of Caesar 111, 171

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 229, 261, 288, 315, 327

Horankh 73-4

Horemakhet 83

Horemeheb 84

Horemhotep 220

Hortensia 226, 227

Hortensius Hortalus 227, 229

Horus

Cleopatra as mother of 161, 162

cult of 51-2, 54, 65, 139, 140, 147-9, 151, 158, 166, 185, 217-18, 220-1, 257-8, 321

Female Horus 50, 56, 64, 86, 145-6, 147, 162-3

Living Horus 31, 57, 215, 218

Horus the Elder 58

Hut-ka-Ptah 16

Hygeia 144

Hygieia 186

Hyrcanus II 231

 

Ihy 218

Iliad, The
15, 22, 23, 26, 81

Ulyna 21, 283, 327

Ulyricum 273

Imensthotieion temple 129-32

Imhotep 29, 30, 129, 131, 179, 254

Imouthes 29, 129

Inimitables, the 244-5, 248, 250-1, 300

Iotape (Jatapa), Princess 273, 276, 280, 306, 333

Iseum Campense 199-200, 226

Isis

Cleopatra as Living Isis 3, 61, 64, 85, 87-8, 93, 97,103, 118, 120,126,132,139, 145, 1512, 161, 163, 169, 186, 199, 215-16, 219, 235-6, 243, 259, 275, 284, 288, 302, 312, 317, 321, 338

clothing of 56, 87-8, 166, 214, 265, 275

cult of 5, 28, 29, 32, 44, 91-2, 93, 116, 127, 129-30, 132, 133-4, 135, 138-9, 140-1, 152, 154-5, 158, 184, 190, 219-21, 242-3, 253, 257, 264, 297, 325, 330, 332, 340

devotees of 76, 174, 303, 325, 339

Isis-Hathor 43, 80, 85, 86, 139-40, 163, 167, 212, 217-18

moon linked with 90, 168-9, 335

Ptolemies as 48, 50, 52, 56, 5-7

snake imagery 315, 316-17

statues of 45, 46

temples to 15, 77, 80, 137, 151, 164, 180-1, 185, 198, 199-200, 226, 228, 229, 266, 274, 279, 301, 321, 335

Ituraea 267, 268

 

Jahweh 158

Janiculum Hill, Caesar's grand villa on 182-5, 203

Jerusalem 59, 154, 159, 269

jewellery, Cleopatra's 239

Joppa (Jaffa) 154

Juba I of Numidia 95, 169-70, 172

Juba II (Gaius Julius) of Numidia 333, 334, 335-6, 337, 338, 339

Judaea 75, 231, 238, 254, 259-60, 262, 267-8, 269, 339

Julia (Caesar's daughter) 107,108, 109, 160,174, 201, 213

Julia (Caesar's sister) 172-3, 203

Julia (daughter of Octavian) 256, 261, 299, 331

Julia (mother of Marcus Antonius) 183, 226, 255

Julian Calendar, adoption of 202

Juno (Hera) 43, 44, 208, 328

Jupiter 171, 288, 327-8

see also
Zeus

 

Kalabsha 326

Kallimachos 96, 137, 143, 179, 218, 220

Kallippus of Cyzicus 201

Kallisthenes 33

Karnak temple and priests 17, 33, 34, 54, 83, 141, 142, 144, 145

Kassandros 40

Katon 81

Khent-Min (Panopolis) 136-7

Khnum (creator God) 146, 150-1, 158

Kiosk of the Union with the Sun Disc 168

Kleomenes of Naukratis 35, 38, 53

Knossos 14

knot of Herakles 237, 265, 266
Knowing the Periodic Return of the Stars
148

Koptos 80, 140-1, 227, 297-8, 306

Kos 45, 64, 66, 74, 182

Kynopolls 135

 

Laberius, Decimus 173

Labyrinth, at Hawara 134

Lagus 23

Lake Mareotis 31, 41, 127, 245

Lake Moeris 132

Lake Nemi 126

Laurentum, Caesar's villa at 185-6

Lavicum (Labici) 203

Lebanon 52, 56, 267-8, 280, 282

Leontopolis 59, 217

Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius 165, 206, 209, 211, 224-5, 226, 228, 230, 256, 271, 278, 297

Leto 265

Letopolis (Khem) 73, 128, 131

Lisht 132

Livia 273-4

Livy 68

Lochias peninsula 47, 164, 301, 321

Lollia ill

Lucius (son of Octavian) 331

Lucullus 66

Luxor 34, 83, 145

Lycia 52, 227

Lycurgus 16

Lysimachos of Thrace 38, 42

 

Maatranefer 29, 30-1

Macedonia 1, 12, 20

Magas 45, 49, 50

Malchus 298

Mammisi Birth House

Dendera 140

Hermonthis 146, 162-3, 301, 302

Manetho 5, 47, 82, 83, 84, 143

Marathon, battle of 18

Marcellus 331

Mardion (the eunuch) 280, 285, 309, 310

Mark Antony
see
Antonius, Marcus (Mark Anthony)

Maro, Publius Vergilius (Virgil) 261, 307, 315

marriage celebrations, Antonius and Cleopatra 264-7

Mars (Ares) god of war 53, 97, 171, 199, 208, 222, 251, 288

Mars, Field of 109, 173, 287

Mary, mother of Jesus 269

Matius, Gaius 162

Mauretania 336, 337, 338, 339

Mazghuna 132

Medamud (Madu) 74, 142

Media 271, 275 king of 272, 273, 276, 281, 296

Medicamina Faciei Femineae
(‘The Art of Beauty') 187

Medum 132

Memnon 143, 144

Memnonion 137

Memphis

in time of Alexander and early Ptolemies 16, 19, 29, 31, 34, 39, 42, 45, 54, 55-6, 58, 60, 65, 66, 68-9, 73, 83

in time of Cleopatra 86, 93,125, 129-32,179, 248, 254, 324

Memphites (Ptolemy) 61

Mendes 19, 49

Menelaus 32, 249

Menes 17

Menkare 144

Messala, Marcus Valerius 285
Metamorphoses
(Apuleius) 335

Methone 287, 288

Midas 20

Mihos (Mysis) lion god 217

Mm (fertility god) 49, 88, 89-90, 136-7, 141, 145, 253, 297-8

Minerva 288, 328

see also
Athena Minoans 14

miscarriage, alleged concerning Cleopatra 213-14

Mithndates VI of Pontus 66, 74, 79, 117, 164, 182, 239

Mnevis bull 28, 51, 128, 136

see also
Apis bull; Buchis bull; sacred bull Mogador 334

Molon, Apollonius (of Rhodes) 107

Monaises 270-1

Monte Ginestro (Palestrina) 77, 181

Montu (war god) 49, 88-9, 91, 142, 145, 146, 162, 218

Mount Olympus 20

Mouseion, the 41, 46, 47, 80-1, 301

Mucia 111

mummification

of Ptolemies 85, 168, 253, 303-5

rites and process of 5, 6, 11, 16, 134, 168, 253, 302-3, 336

Munda 203

Musa, Antonius 186, 335

Mussolini, Benito 126

Mutina (Modena) 223, 224

Mycenae 14

Mycerinus 16

Myrtale of Epirus
see
Olympias

Mytilene 34

 

Nakhtnebef
see
Nectanebo

Naukratis 16, 31, 127

see also
Kleomenes of Naukratis

Neapolis (Naples) 180, 190

Nebachudnezzar II 15

Necho I of Sais 15

Necho II 15

Necron, island of 304

Nectanebo I (Nakhtnebef) 19

Nefertiti 4, 6, 19, 50, 83-4, 86, 89, 104, 138, 257

Neith, goddess of 16, 56

Nekheb (El-Kab) 64, 146-7

Nekhbet (vulture goddess) 52, 146-7

Nemeseion 121

Neos Dionysos

see
Dionysios Nephthys 93, 257, 318

Neptune 255, 288

Nereids and Graces 26, 238, 239

Nero 332

Nervi 183

Neskedty 83

Nicomedes 111, 171

Nike, goddess 38-9

Nikolaus 279

Nile, the 14, 39, 41, 90, 120, 172, 221, 336

Cleopatra and Caesar's progress down 125-52

Cleopatra's canal joining 15, 18, 45, 200, 298

flood 33, 80, 97, 163, 181, 220

Nitocris 82

Nobatae, the 325

North Africa 6, 35, 95, 165, 192, 255, 333, 334, 336

Nubia 45, 54, 56, 325-6

see also
Africa

Nut (goddess) 139, 140, 257

 

obstetrics, Egyptian 154-60

Octavia 226, 256, 259, 260, 261, 262, 272, 2734, 277, 284, 314, 333

Octavian (Gaius Octavius)

alliance with Antonius 223, 225-6, 228-9, 230-1, 255-6, 258

cremation of 332

early years 172-3, 203, 206, 213

rivalry with Antonius 221-3, 223-5, 231, 254-5, 260-2, 268, 271-2, 273-4, 276-9

war against Antonius and Cleopatra 280-91, 295-300, 305-15, 317-18, 320-31, 333-4

Ocymenes 252

Odyssey, The
15

Oinanthe 52, 55

Old Drunken Woman, The
247

Olympias 19, 21-2, 23, 24, 25, 26-7, 33, 39, 40, 155, 247

Olympus (Cleopatra's personal physician) 157, 309, 313

Ombos (Kom Ombo) 59, 74, 150

Omphale, Queen 237, 243

On His own Drunkenness
(Marcus Antonius) 246

On the Anatomy of the Uterus
(Galen) 156

Onias IV 59

opium 249

Oppius (Antonius' officer) 270

Oppius, Gaius 162, 278

Osiris

Caesar as 212, 215, 217, 218, 221

cult of5, 29-30, 31, 44, 49, 135, 137-41, 145, 147, 148, 152, 165-6, 168-9, 183, 220, 235, 239, 243, 303, 321

Marcus Antonius as 235-6, 243, 264, 280, 284, 312

see also
Serapis

Ovid 252

Ovinius, Quintus 279, 311

Oxyrhynchus 135

 

Paapis 325

Pa-ashem (Pakhom) 139

painkillers 159

Palatine Hill 185, 274, 328

Palmyra, Zenobia of 339-40

Pamphylia 52

Pan 136

Pandateria, island of 331

Pantheon, the 328

Papeios, Gaius Julius 279

Paraetonium (Mersa Matruh) 295-6, 299

Parasitos 280

Paris and Helen, of Troy 290-1

Parthia, conquest of 204, 207, 209, 223, 228, 230-1, 241, 254, 255, 259-62, 264, 267-8, 270, 273

Partula 155

Pa-Sebek

see
Ombos (Kom Ombo)

Pasherenptah III 65, 68, 73, 82, 85, 86, 115,129, 131, 179, 220, 254, 256, 302, 324

Patoiphos 325

Paul, of Tarsus 339

Pedubastis 179

PeUa 21, 26

Peloponnese, the 52, 228, 283, 287, 295

Peloponnesian War 18

Pelusium (Pelusion) 28, 79, 97-8, 100, 101, 118, 120, 299, 307

Perdikkas (general) 37-8, 39

Perdikkas I 20, 21

perfumes 50, 60, 116, 148, 151, 165-6, 167, 189-90, 237

Pergamum 47, 120, 230, 279, 285

personal hygiene, Rome 186-8

Perugia 255, 278