@article{ref1,
title="Cleopatra and the cobra bite - The end of a myth?",
journal="Klio",
year="2008",
author="Mebs, D. and Schäfer, C.",
volume="90",
number="2",
pages="347-359",
abstract="Ancient sources provide three different versions of Cleopatra's suicide. Posterity has chosen a snakebite as the most probable and appealing version, and this has become common belief. While a poisoned adhesive tape or a hollow needle as a means of self-poisoning must be excluded, it is after all reasonable to believe the traditional snakebite account. Nonetheless, an interdisciplinary analysis using the methods of ancient history, herpetology, and toxicology shows that a snakebite could not have caused Cleopatra's death. The most probable means of her suicide was an orally administered dose of vegetable poison.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0075-6334",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}