This article about Cleopatra in the Smithsonian Magazine questions the image of her in subsequent Western literature as a mere seductress. The author argues that she was a canny and powerful monarch, a savvy street fighter, and a great queen in her own right, who presided over one of the more prosperous and powerful countries of antiquity.
Just to clarify, Juan, my guess is that absolutely none of this was news to you, though it might be to some of your readers.
Nor is it news to most women. I dare anyone to read that to my wife.