{"id":22214,"date":"2023-02-14T12:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=224325"},"modified":"2023-02-14T13:35:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:35:12","slug":"cleopatras-triumphant-daughter","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/cleopatras-triumphant-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleopatra\u2019s triumphant daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Jane Draycott tells the little-known story of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and reveals how she turned a tragic inheritance into a triumphant reign <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Attar\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>When Cleopatra took her own life in 30 BC it marked the conclusion of Egypt\u2019s ruling dynasty, but not the end of her family line. Classicist Jane Draycott tells the little-known story of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, who overcame her parents\u2019 tragic deaths to become a powerful ruler in her own right. Speaking to Rob Attar, Jane explains how Cleopatra Selene trod a fine line between appeasing Rome and honouring her mother\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-224325-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/02\/cleopatra-selene-bc5599f.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/02\/cleopatra-selene-bc5599f.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/02\/cleopatra-selene-bc5599f.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Jane Draycott is the author of <em>Cleopatra\u2019s Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen<\/em> (Bloomsbury, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/cleopatra-s-daughter-egyptian-princess-roman-prisoner-african-queen-jane-draycott\/6650811?ean=9781800244801&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Cleopatras-Daughter-Egyptian-Princess-Prisoner\/dp\/1800244800?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fcleopatras-daughter%2Fjane-draycott%2F9781800244801&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Jane Draycott tells the little-known story of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and reveals how she turned a tragic inheritance into a triumphant reign <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":22215,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/02\/cleopatras-triumphant-daughter.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/02\/cleopatras-triumphant-daughter-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/02\/cleopatras-triumphant-daughter-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/02\/cleopatras-triumphant-daughter.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/02\/cleopatras-triumphant-daughter.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/02\/cleopatras-triumphant-daughter.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/02\/cleopatras-triumphant-daughter.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Jane Draycott tells the little-known story of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and reveals how she turned a tragic inheritance into a triumphant reign","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/22214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}