TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Cleopatra and the cobra bite - The end of a myth?
JO  - Klio
A1  - Mebs, D.
A1  - Schäfer, C.
SP  - 347
EP  - 359
VL  - 90
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - de
SN  - 0075-6334
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -