Athanasius of Alexandria

friction between them and their advisors because Cleopatra didn’t want or need a co-ruler and because many despised the fact that a woman held incredible power in Egypt. This split the kingdom and caused a civil war to break, forcing Cleopatra to flee Alexandria for the sake of her safety. In 48 BCE it was Ptolemy XIII who had the most power in Egypt. Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt that same year because he was chasing after Pompey the Great as Rome was also in a civil war between those two…

Beginnings: Cleopatra VII Queen of Egypt was born around 69 B.C.E. (Cleopatra a Biography by Duane W. Roller pg. 15). She was born into a long line of Ptolemaic Kings and is considered to be the very last Macedonian Greek Queen to rule Egypt (Roller pg. 15). Her father was Ptolemy XII, no one is sure who her mother is and to this day she is still unknown, but she is thought to have been a part of the Egyptian Priestly Family of Ptah (Roller pg. 15). It is believed that it was her half Egyptian…

Cleopatra Ruler of Egypt by Kerrily Sapet was an interesting documentary to read, the life and rule of the mighty woman, Cleopatra. Sapet has written a few other historical documentaries and several other present documentaries in her career. She mostly focuses on children’s books on all types of subjects. In the book, she portrayed Cleopatra as a strong leader, even when most women were viewed as low class citizens and not leaders. Although this book would be considered more of a children’s…

Cleopatra VII Philopator, commonly known as just Cleopatra, is one of the most recognizable names in all of history. In a time of only male rulers, she became a female ruler. Cleopatra is a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. She represented herself as the reincarnation of an Egyptian goddess, Isis. Cleopatra’s need for power is seen in her early years, her return to power and her death. Cleopatra’s journey to the throne is a tragic one. Ptolemy XII’s, Cleopatra’s father, reign is one of the most…

The Ptolemies were feuding dynasty that was ravenous for power. There were 13 Ptolemies all with different surname. The first three were great businessmen and increased the wealth and productivity of Egypt. They also brought intellectual life to Alexandria through learning and building a museum and the famous library where ancient books were accumulated. In addition, the idea of incest became accepted as a practice of kinship and subsequent kings and queens were all products of this practice.…

was determined have everything she could, even if it meant killing. Contrary to popular belief, Cleopatra, meaning ‘glory of the father’, was not at all Egyptian. In 69 BC, she was born into the Macedonian Greek dynasty (or Ptolemaic dynasty) in Alexandria, Egypt. The dynasty ruled Egypt from the death…

In first century Egypt (A.D.) Alexandria was the focal point of Greek civilization on the Mediterranean and the center of Roman trade routes to the deserts, inner Africa, and the East. Sarapis and Isis, two Greek gods, became very popular in the Roman Empire. Inside Egypt the Roman emperors referred to themselves as heirs to the pharaohs and went on to build temples in the traditional Egyptian style. The ancient Egyptian funerary tradition didn’t change very much and the dead were still being…

Cleopatra was born to rule. Not only was she good at it but she craved it as well . By experiencing love, tragedy, power, and death Cleopatra became one of Egypt’s greatest Rulers . Cleopatra was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 69 BDE (Tour Egypt 2). Her father was Ptolemy XII and her mother was Cleopatra VI (Lewis 1). She had five sibling including three sisters Cleopatra VII, Berenice IV, and Arsinoe IV and then two brothers Ptolmey XIII and Ptolmey XIV (Tour Egypt 2). Cleopatra and her whole…

Throughout time there have been many instances where a strong orator voices their opinion with power persuasive elements and lead to a drastic change, much like the case of Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. Before Antony gives his famous eulogy of his dead friend and future leader of Rome, Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus gives his outlook on the situation first in front of a crowd of Romans. Brutus is also a close friend of Caesar but he believes that Caesar needed to die…

Rome in Panic: Mark Antony’s Rhetorical Response Within William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the character Mark Antony uses a plethora of rhetoric devices to persuade the crowd towards his way of thinking. These devices include sarcasm, logical thinking, and crying to emit a sense of emotion appeal. William Shakespeare uses different rhetorical modes inside each section of Mark Antony’s speech, which includes: Logos, Logos with Ethos, and Pathos during section 1, Ethos and Ethos with Pathos…