Assignment task:
Prompt: For this assignment, I want you to do two things. First, I want you to spend 150+ words describing what we can learn about Cleopatra from each of the three sets of sources (Egyptian, Caesar, and Plutarch). Second, I want you to write 150+ words on the reliability and biases of these three sets of sources. Which is the 'best' source and why? Do you trust Caesar's source more because he was there first hand? Or might he have had his own biases? Plutarch was writing centuries after her death; is he a reliable source? Consider which type of source is most useful for reconstructing a history of Cleopatra.