... shrewd politician She spoke nine languages and. Cleopatra was Macedonian by descent, and was the only person in her family rule to learn the Egyptian language. Cleopatra was a descent form Ptolemy 1 a general of Alexander the great who became king of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 BC Ptolemy, Cleopatras Father was a weak ... at Actium and his allies went over to Octaviann. Cleopatra began experimenting with poisons to learn which would Cause the most painless death; she also built a mausoleum to where She moved all of her gold, silver, emeralds, pearls, ebony, ivory, and Other tr...

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... ruler that she was. She had a very sharp mind, and with this she managed to learn nine different languages. On top of it all, she was intensely seductive and most men found it impossible to resist her allure. She came to represent the "prototype of the romantic femme fatale"(377). These qualities, as well as her keen intelligence, charm, and political savvy, made Cleopatra ... , Cyrenaica, and Syria. She herself was proclaimed "Queen of Queens" and Caesarion the "King of Kings" (Cleopatra-Daughter 2). The Romans disliked Antony's giving away their countries, especially to Egypt, so in 31...

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... this corrupt king would come true. Creon eventually acknowledged that his judgements were indeed rash, selfish and wrong; if he had listened to the accounts that he easily shrugged off, all of his tragedy could have been avoided. "There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; no wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, and proud men in old ... many signs and warnings to Caesar. The first one was his wife Calpurnia's dream. She told him of this and begged Caesar to stay home, but he dusted her aside as a weak woman. Furthermore, "Plucking the entrails of an ...

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