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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra (69–30 bc), queen of Egypt from 47 bc, the last Ptolemaic ruler. After a brief liaison with Julius Caesar she formed a political and romantic alliance with Mark Antony. Their ambitions ultimately brought them into conflict with Rome, and she and Antony were defeated at the battle of Actium in 31. She is reputed to have committed suicide by allowing herself to be bitten by an asp.
Cleopatra's Needles a pair of granite obelisks erected at Heliopolis by Tuthmosis III
c.1475 bc. They were taken from Egypt in 1878, one being set up on the Thames Embankment in London and the other in Central Park, New York. They have no known historical connection with Cleopatra.
Cleopatra's nose is taken as the type of a single feature a change in which would have been of immeasurable influence; the reference is to a comment by the French mathematician, physicist, and moralist Blaise Pascal (1623–62), ‘Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed.’
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Cleopatra: From History to Myth.(various artists, British Museum, London, England)
Magazine article from: History Today; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; CLEOPATRA ... `the most illustrious and wise of women...writing three centuries later, describes Cleopatra as `the last of the wise ones of Greece.' How have we come to see Cleopatra as the embodiment of unfettered passion and...
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Cleopatra the eternal.(From Past to Present)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...two of Rome's most powerful leaders, Cleopatra radiated intelligence, political vision...architecture, literature, art, and film. Cleopatra was interested in science, the arts...grain that Egypt could offer Rome, but Cleopatra herself was no small part of the attraction...
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"CLEOPATRA" COMIN' AT YA "CLEOPATRA" MEANT "EPIC" LONG BEFORE "GLADIATOR" CAME ALONG.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 4/3/2001; 700+ words
; ...sphinx? When I think epic, I think ``Cleopatra'' with its cast of thousands. It was...director Ridley Scott embraced. ``Cleopatra'' began in 1959 as a $2 million...in the title role. By the time ``Cleopatra'' was released in June 1963 with Elizabeth...
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`CLEOPATRA' SURVIVES SNAKEBIT SCRIPT.(TV)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 5/23/1999; 700+ words
; ...and a two-bit script. Now we have Cleopatra, (8-10 tonight and Monday, KMGH...of Arc. However, for most viewers, Cleopatra will probably prove much more interesting...history notes, Joan was a heroic maiden; Cleopatra was . . . well, you know all about Cleopatra...
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Cleopatra's Life and Legend Explored in Multimedia Programming Event.
PR Newswire; 2/24/1999; 700+ words
; ...historical legacy of Egypt's legendary queen Cleopatra will be the focus of a three-week long...Discovery Channel's worldwide premiere of Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend on...that lets them explore their world. Cleopatra's Legend On The Web The core of Discovery...
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Cleopatra and Rome.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; Cleopatra and Rome, by Diana E. E. Kleiner...brief lifetime (69-30 B.C.), Cleopatra's relationships to Roman leaders and...illustrated book. The central thesis, that Cleopatra of Egypt--the epitome of a highly...
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Cleopatra on Nandonik stage.
News Wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh; 1/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...Nandonik Natyo Shamprodai brought Cleopatra composed by Raahman Chowdhury as its...and historians have been enchanted by Cleopatra (69 BC - 30 BC), Queen of Egypt...historical character Raahman Chowdhury's Cleopatra is a new addition. Cleopatra by Raahman...
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Cleopatra's make-over: cultural historian Lucy Hughes-Hallett considers how perceptions of Cleopatra have moved in the last decade and a half.(POINT OF DEPARTURE)
Magazine article from: History Today; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; MY BOOK ON CLEOPATRA was first published in 1990. Since...world in the past two decades. First, Cleopatra became an African. When writing about...nineteenth-century orientalist images of Cleopatra in my book, I drew on the work of the...
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Cleopatra al desnudo.(exibicióm Egipcia en el Museo Británico)(TT: Cleopatra naked.)(TA: Egyptian exhibition at the British Museum)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 4/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Grandiosa exposicin en el British Museum Cleopatra traslada su corte. Del milenario Egipto...apariencia. La exposicin del British Museum, Cleopatra de Egipto: de la historia al mito...visitadas de la temporada londinense. Cleopatra, una figura histrica tan popular y atractiva...
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Was Cleopatra Black?
Magazine article from: Ebony; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...times --many questions linger about Cleopatra, the enigmatic Egyptian queen who ruled...old and often-debated one: "Was Cleopatra Black?" Ask practically any African...long bristled over movie depictions of Cleopatra, an "African" queen who has traditionally...
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Cleopatra VII
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Cleopatra VII Born: 69 b.c.e. Alexandria...e. Alexandria, Egypt Egyptian ruler Cleopatra VII was the last ruler of Egypt from...c. 81 – 30 b.c.e.), Cleopatra has become a romantic legend in modern...
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Cleopatra
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Cleopatra Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.) was the last of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt...Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Third daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, Cleopatra VII Philopator (her full name) learned her political lessons by watching...
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Antony and Cleopatra
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Antony and Cleopatra, a tragedy by Shakespeare , printed...by the beauty of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Recalled by the death of his wife...developments, he tears himself from Cleopatra and returns to Rome, where the estrangement...
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Vaughns, Cleopatra 1940–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Cleopatra Vaughns 1940 – Nurse, businesswoman...consultant At a Glance … When Cleopatra Vaughns grew up during the 1940s and...Lucas. Her parents divorced when young Cleopatra was a child, and she and her mother...
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Caesar and Cleopatra
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Caesar and Cleopatra. Originally presented at the New Amsterdam Theatre in 1906 with Johnston...the play (in a program alternating with Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra ) in 1951, and the title roles were essayed on Broadway by Rex Harrison...
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