cleopatra in English

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( 69–30 bc ) , queen of Egypt 47–30; the last Ptolemaic (Macedonian dynasty) ruler; also known as Cleopatra VII . 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 they 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.
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a European butterfly related to the brimstone, with wings that vary from pale cream to orange-yellow.
The Cleopatra butterfly replaces the familiar brimstone in the south of Europe.

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1. Cleopatra Selene had many siblings, including Ptolemy IX, Ptolemy X, and Cleopatra IV.

2. She may be identical with Cleopatra V.

3. Powdered lapis was used as eyeshadow by Cleopatra.

4. 6 Antonio was bewitched by the beauty of Cleopatra.

5. Cleopatra is said to have killed herself with an Asp …

6. A divination to forewarn Cleopatra against an alliance with Julius Caesar.

7. The writings of Cicero, who knew her personally, provide an unflattering portrait of Cleopatra.

8. A public reconciliation of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VIII was declared in 124 BC.

9. As a queen of Syria, she was the second to rule with the name 'Cleopatra'.

10. She pored over the canonical texts, particularly Plutarch's account of Mark Antony's alliance with Cleopatra.

11. The story of Cleopatra, the Beguiler of Mark Antony, is too well known to need repeating here

12. Fictional novels such as H. Rider Haggard's Cleopatra (1889) and Théophile Gautier's One of Cleopatra's Nights (1838) depicted the queen as a sensual and mystic Easterner, while the Egyptologist Georg Ebers's Cleopatra (1894) was more grounded in historical accuracy.

13. 24 They are to attend the banquet as Antony and Cleopatra and hoped to outdo Taylor and Burton.

14. "Clubbing" 2 is the third episode in Season One of the Cleopatra in Space TV series

15. A top archeologist in Egypt says he may have found the lost tomb of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.

16. Losing the fight against her brother, Cleopatra was then forced to flee Alexandria and withdraw to the region of Thebes.

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18. (b) What was the purpose of the marriage between Cleopatra I and Ptolemy V, and why did the scheme fail?

19. The often-noted Chilliness of this vision finds a counterpart in the Rome of Antony and Cleopatra; and, less predictably, the fluctuating bundle of contradictions which is Cleopatra may be seen as a specifically anti-Stoic exhibition, rather than just the usual apotheosis of `feminine' mutability.

20. Cleopatra refused Antony's requests that she return to Egypt, judging that by blocking Octavian in Greece she could more easily defend Egypt.

21. Towards the end of 2011, Cleopatra was signed to the Cypher Studios label under the management of Jimmy ‘The Beatmekah’ Okungu.

22. Dated to the mid-1st century BC, it is perhaps the earliest depiction of Cleopatra as both a goddess and ruling pharaoh of Egypt.

23. From 125 BC to 121 BC, Cleopatra ruled Syria and to legitimize her reign, she shared the throne with her son, Antiochus VIII Grypus.

24. With his powers as a triumvir, Antony also had the broad authority to restore former Ptolemaic lands, which were currently in Roman hands, to Cleopatra.

25. Cleopatra strove to create a dynastic and political union between Egypt and Rome, but the assassination of Caesar and the defeat of Mark Antony doomed her plans.

26. Watch as a flower expert and professional gardener demonstrates how to plant and care for fall-blooming Canna Cleopatra bulbs in this free online video about home gardening.

27. The Jewish Roman historian Josephus, writing in the 1st century AD, provides valuable information on the life of Cleopatra via her diplomatic relationship with Herod the Great.

28. Cher honed her acting skills in sketch comedy roles such as the brash housewife Laverne, the sardonic waitress Rosa, and historical vamps, including Cleopatra and Miss Sadie Thompson.

29. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 2, Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i’ the eyes, And made their bends Adornings […]

30. Redic crunching Barramundis up in Weipa loving the Cleopatra Tiger UV… get your tackle sorted for the next adventure north! @lastcastnotso Sweet Catch #samaki #samakifishing #fishingqueensland #fish #barramundifishing #barrafishing …

31. The Blaxploitation genre included campy horror flicks like Blackenstein to kung-fu flicks like That Man Bolt, and introduced beloved fictional heroes like John Shaft, Cleopatra Jones, and Foxy

32. Shakspeare makes Cleopatra, alluding to Antony, exclaim-- "The demi-Atlas of this earth, the arm And Burgonet of men." In the second part of "Henry VI."

33. While filming the lavishly produced Cleopatra in 19 she started a torrid, tabloid-chronicled affair with Richard Burton, who played Mark Antony and who was also married at the time.

34. In 1818 a now lost encaustic painting was discovered in the Temple of Serapis at Hadrian's Villa, near Tivoli, Lazio, Italy, that depicted Cleopatra committing suicide with an asp biting her bare chest.

35. Historian Christopher J. Bennett considered Ptolemy XII and his brother identical with the two children mentioned by Justin, but proposed that they were the children of Cleopatra IV, considered illegitimate because of their parents' "morganatic" marriage.

36. 1607, Antony and Cleopatra, by Shakespeare, Act V Scene II Rather a ditch in Egypt / Be gentle grave unto me! rather on Nilus' mud / Lay me stark-nak'd, and let the water-flies / Blow me into Abhorring! Verb

37. Caesar is alleged to have joined Cleopatra for a cruise of the Nile and sightseeing of Egyptian monuments, although this may be a romantic tale reflecting later well-to-do Roman proclivities and not a real historical event.

38. Cleopatra Confesses by Carolyn Meyer This was such a fun book! Written from Cleopatra‘s perspective, starting from early days and then going on as she develops into a woman who will one day be queen of Egypt, I found this book to be a great read

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40. But he uses it throughout the plays, as in Caesar's "The wild disguise has almost Anticked us all" (where the noun "antic" (a fool) is used as a verb -- Antony and Cleopatra 2.7.122-23) or Prospero's "the dark backward and abysm of time" ("Backward" is used as a noun, instead of performing its usual adverbial function -- The Tempest 1.2.50

41. The Moth Confesses is the 1969 debut album by The Neon Philharmonic.Described as "A Phonograph Opera," it was inspired, according to the liner notes, by a production of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, which Saussy attended after The New York Times claimed that it was a terrible opera, and wanted to see what a terrible opera looked like, which he surmised was its deliberate attempt to

42. In 1974, however, he began making a full transition (although remaining in familiar territory) in the Royal Shakespeare Company's made-for-TV adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra, in which Stewart played the supporting role of Enobarbus, co-starring with fellow future Star Trek alum W. Morgan Sheppard . That same year, Stewart had a role in the BBC mini-series Fall of Eagles, his first TV project that was not associated with a stage production, co-starring Tony Jay and John Rhys-Davies .