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Cleopatra:

The Story of the Queen of Egypt

By Rowan SharkawyPublished 5 months ago 3 min read
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Cleopatra

The upbringing and life of Cleopatra:

was born in 69 bc in the city of alexandria founded by alexander the great situated in the nile delta cleopatra was an important queen of ancient egypt and her name continues to this day she is one of the best known women in the history of mankind throughout her life she stood as a strategist determined very intelligent cunning and owner of a gigantic fortune once the greek philosopher plutarch wrote the following about her the contact with her presence if we lived with her was irresistible the egyptian ruler fascinated many people in her time to this day she continues to enchant many her life trajectory is widely studied researched and debated.

Her story with julius Caesar:

in order to understand her greatness there are some interesting facts in a temple dedicated to the goddess venus at the request of the roman leader julius caesar who was cleopatra's lover a golden statue of the egyptian queen was built there are records that this monument was seen and venerated at the site until at least the 2nd century a.d curiously cleopatra was even.

Why they called her aphrodite Greek?

venerated as a true goddess more precisely as a new goddess isis one of the most important deities of ancient egypt she was also identified as aphrodite greek goddess whose attributes are similar to those of isis cleopatra also had refined intelligence she received a remarkable education together with the other children of royalty she was educated in the palace where she lived cleopatra was able to speak seven or eight languages which greatly

Achievements achieved by Cleopatra:

she was also identified as aphrodite greek goddess whose attributes are similar to those of isis cleopatra also had refined intelligence she received a remarkable education together with the other children of royalty she was educated in the palace where she lived cleopatra was able to speak seven or eight languages which greatly her agreements and political stratagems she was reportedly the first person in her family to speak the egyptian language without interpreters in addition she succeeded in studying philosophy and rhetoric from an early age she learned oratory which she knew how to use in a very intelligent way speaking with the correct posture appropriate gestures and a soft voice with regard to her vast knowledge it should be remembered that cleopatra lived in alexandria a cultural center in antiquity with the famous library of alexandria full of many literary works in an unprecedented structure these local circumstances were very important and influential in the cultural formation of the egyptian ruler her achievements made her the lover of two of the most famous roman generals of her time julius caesar and mark anthony as is often the case with historical figures much information about the life of this remarkable woman has been distorted.

How cleopatra looked like ...

what she looked like there are also some bus sculpted over time that apparently represent the queen when we see the coins we noticed the protrusion of the nose and chin in fact the philosopher pascal wrote if cleopatra's nose had been smaller the whole face of the world would have been different taking into account this comic phrase and noticing the features that the powerful egyptian woman has in the coins we can conclude that perhaps she was not as extraordinarily beautiful as the cinema showed us but one thing is certain her conquest and way of being surpassed any hollywood representation.

At the end : the legendary egyptian queen has become a source of inspiration for some of the greatest artists in history among them the painter michelangelo william shakespeare in their hands the ruler became an illustrious piece of art as we learn more about her story we realize it's not by chance that cleopatra has fascinated so many people in her time and continues to captivate so many others in this day and age.

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