Cleopatra Selene II

2015 Comparing Ancient Female Rulers Compare the Tang Empress Wu Zetian (also known as Empress Wu or as Wu Zhao; ruled China througout 690-705 AD) with the Pharaoh Cleopatra (ruled Egypt around 51-31BC). For this task, we will contrast two of the most famous wonan Emperors in world history; Empress Wu and Pharaoh Cleopatra. Both empresses ascended to power undercompletely different situaton and there is a marked contrast…

Cleopatra VII: Face or Power Figure Some see her as the most powerful Pharaoh in all ancient Egypt. Some see her as a petty, weak female ruler who gave up her dynasty to the Romans for her lover. Even historians today argue about this, possibly because, in the end, she did lose the Egyptian empire to the Romans. But before that, she brought to it great power. In truth, Cleopatra had many hardships and obstacles in her way that she overcame and proved to be a very successful leader. But through…

The life of Cleopatra was a unique one at best, commonly known for her beauty and lesser known for her strong leadership skills. One could argue that she was a strong female role model, but her actions contradict those arguments as she was quite the temptress when it came to powerful men. Cleopatra’s story starts when father Ptolemy XII Auletes who was given power over Egypt upon Alexander the Greats death. Oddly enough Cleopatra’s family wasn’t of Egyptian descent, they were of the Macedonian…

home captives, whose ransoms brought Rome riches” (Act III, scene ii, lines 87-88). This proves Caesar was a smart leader because he knew after the war Rome would need money, so he found a way to provide it. Also, Antony announced that “when the poor cried, Caesar wept with them” (Act III, scene ii, lines 89-90). This provides evidence that he cared about his people; wherefore, he was a caring leader. Finally, in Act III, scene ii, lines 94-96, Mark Antony reveals that “on Lupercal, Caesar was…

Cleopatra VII, known by historians as just Cleopatra, is one of the most famous women in history. Everyone has heard her name, but there are a lot of facts about her that are not so well known. Here is part one of our list. Number Fifteen: She was not Egyptian Many people assume that the ruler was Egyptian, since that's where she ended up. It turns out that she actually came from Greek origins, though the exact details of this are less clear. Number Fourteen: Cleopatra Became Pharaoh at 18…

Cleopatra VII was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruling Egypt from 51 BC - 30 BC. She had a reputation for her beauty and her love affairs with the Roman politicians and generals of the late Roman republic - Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Roman Historian Cassius Dio (164-c.235) depicts Cleopatra as strikingly beautiful and charismatic, with an aptitude for speaking…. “being brilliant to look upon and listen to, with the power to subjugate everyone, even a love- sated man” He speaks…

ancestral lands, but over wider territories than Ptolemy I or Ptolemy II or Ptolemy III had ever dreamed of. Those kings, being men, had based their dominion on the power of their arms; but now, when the military power of Egypt would bring to the contest power of a wholly different kind-the power of a fascinating woman.” E.R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy Foreword: Since there is no first-hand account of the history of Cleopatra VII, many of the details of her life remain a mystery. The lack…

'The idea is to produce things that are as strange and mysterious to you as the first music you ever heard.' Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Eno or, as more commonly known to the world, just Brian Eno, can be unbiasedly described as an iconic contemporary British artist. He began his music career with guitarist Anthony Grafton in 1968 in Maxwell Demon, and was influenced by such bands as The Velvet Underground (Independent.co.uk, 1998) his real legacy began in 1971, as a…

in class, Antony and Cleopatra can be considered more historically accurate than Richard III. Is Richard III a tragedy? It can be with the main character’s murderous death concluding the play. In all, Much Ado About Nothing is easier defined as a comedy than Richard III a history/ tragedy in the modern sense. These examples are difficult to analyze as their own genre due to the overlap from other genres, but in all, lie fairly close to what it is supposed to be. If Richard II were more…

The use of rhythm through iambic pentameter plays an important part in understanding Marc Antony’s funeral oration in Julius Caesar. Much of the speech is representative of Antony’s thought process and the rhythmic variations allow the audience to connect with his train of thought. Determining the meaning of these rhythmic variations can be done by examining the iambic pentameter. For instance in Speaking Shakespeare, Patsy Rodenburg discusses the importance of counting syllables in each line to…