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Describing the tense events taking place in ancient Egypt before and after Cleopatra’s reign as Queen
Ancient Egypt
Cleopatra
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In her book Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff describes in great detail the tense events taking place in ancient Egypt before and after Cleopatra’s reign as Queen. Schiff is an acclaimed nonfiction author. She has won the coveted Pulitzer Prize and has written plenty of historical books, essays, and columns featuring historical women such as:…
Cleopatra Reflective
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Cleopatra
Plutarch describes Cleopatra dressed as Venus, surrounded by a beautiful female crew, rich perfume wafting and music playing. The 1 963 film is consistent with the account of Cleopatra extravagance when arriving into Sicilian, showing an almost exact representation of the scene Plutarch describes. Throughout the film Cleopatra dresses elaborately with exotic scenery surrounding her….
| born | 69 BC, Alexandria, Egypt |
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| died | August 30 BC, Alexandria, Egypt |
| description | Cleopatra VII Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, and its last active ruler. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. |
| children | Cleopatra Selene II, Caesarion, Alexander Helios, Ptolemy Philadelphus |
| quotations | “I will not be triumphed over.” “All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.” “Fool! “My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.” “In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.” |
| information | Place of burial: Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra Spouse: Ptolemy XIV Philopator (m. 46 BC), Mark Antony (m. 32 BC–30 BC) Parents: Ptolemy XII Auletes, Cleopatra V Siblings: Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Ptolemy XIV Philopator, Arsinoe IV, Berenice IV Paintings of Cleopatra: The Death of CleopatraJuan Luna, 1881, The Banquet of CleopatraGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1744, Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned PrisonersAlexandre Cabanel, 1887, The Death of CleopatraGuido Cagnacci, |
