La degradación de la reina Glafira

Abstract

«Misrepresenting Queen Glafyra». Th is article analyzes the literary and epigraphic sources about Queen Glafi ra, Archelaus of Cappadocia’s mother, to investigate the causes and the origin of the subsequently negative characterizations of the Cappadocian Queen, probably unfounded considerations whose origin lies in the misinterpretation of the sources and in the vision that the ancients had about women.