Article ID: CBB001421991

Queen Cleopatra and the Other “Cleopatras”: Their Medical Legacy (2014)

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Cleopatra is a female figure widespread in Greece (especially in Macedonian territory), Egypt and Syria during the Hellenistic era. Ancient women doctors bearing the name Cleopatra have been identified by a systematic search through the ancient Greek, Latin and Egyptian bibliography, including original resources from the first century BC. Fictional and non-fictional figures have been distinguished and their works identified. Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, Galen's physician assistant, the outcast Metrodora, Cleopatra the Alchemist and Cleopatra the Gynaecologist deliver a story of medicine and name-giving that confuses researchers of the past and intrigues those of the present.

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Authors & Contributors
Guichard, Luis Arturo
García Alonso, Juan Luis
Hoz, María Paz de
Laurent Bricault
Santamaría, Marco Antonio
Cesteros, Miriam Blanco
Concepts
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Roman Empire
Science and literature
Poetry and poetics
Medicine
Mathematics
Time Periods
Ancient
2nd century
Medieval
6th century
Places
Egypt
Hellenistic world
Mediterranean region
Alexandria (Egypt)
Greece
Mesopotamia
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