Cleopatra VII Of Egypt

Antony later returned to the battlefield and was falsely informed that Cleopatra is dead, upon hearing the unknowingly false information, Antony stabbed himself, committing suicide. When Cleopatra learned about her lover’s death, she then committed suicide as well, getting bitten by an Egyptian cobra. She died on August 12, 30 BC, and she and Antony were buried together, and Egypt soon became a part of the Roman Empire. Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of

Octavian was no match for Antony and destroyed his army. Cleopatra broke the engagement and fled to Egypt (History).Antony decided to follow her, but doing this cause his armies to surrender to Rome. Octavian was not happy with this victory and pursued to find Antony. When Octavian found Antony he told him that Cleopatra was dead and then took his own life. Little did he know that word was going around that she was still alive.

Once Troy was defeated, she resumed her life in Sparta w. Menelaus. -Menelaus- Married to Helen and the King of Sparta. He arrived in Egypt after he lost 5 ships because of a monstrous storm. Proteus told him that alleviating the anger of the gods will allow Melelaus to sail back to Greece without any trouble. Once Troy was defeated, Menelaus and Helen came back to Sparta and continued living their life.

For instance, Myrtle Wilson had an affair with Tom Buchanan because he was wealthy. Evidently, Myrtle wanted to have a wealthy husband because as she talks about her wedding, she was very upset, she said, “He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in… I lay down and cried to beat the band afternoon”(Fitzgerald 35). Despite the harsh attack Tom had towards her, Myrtle still wanted him over her husband who loved her, but just was not wealthy. Sadly, her wishes would never come true because Tom had no intention of marrying Myrtle.

Once he returned to Rome he was made dictator for

In 332 B.C, Alexander the great conquered Egypt, this was part of his plan to take over the Persians. The Egyptians thought that he would give them back there independence, but unfortunately he didn’t. After the death of Alexander a man named Ptolemy ruled. He made sure that many knew that the Greeks had conquered Egypt. In 50 B.C the Ptolenies Greek kings of Egypt were weakening in power, and with the help

The saying goes, “Behind every great man is a great woman,” and, in some medieval romances, that great woman is scheming for her own benefit (and either for or contrary to that of the man’s). Feminine honor is tied to being a good wife, which means being sexually faithful to and obeying. In Bisclavret by Marie de France, Bisclavret’s wife betrays him both by taking away his humanity and by taking a lover, and for that, she is disfigured as her punishment. The inverse occurs in The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle: Ragnelle, disfigured by her stepmother, manipulates both Arthur and Gawain to secure her marriage with Gawain, and she is rewarded with beauty. These women are ultimately judged not by their manipulative actions but

Then Juliet's dad was going to make her married soon because he got himself killed. So she fakes her death. Since romeo is gone he thinks she’s really dead. Then he dies, then she dies.

http://www.theoi.com/Heroine/Antiope.html Lykos (brother of the one who got her pregnant) had since been appointed regent of the powerful Boiotian city of Thebes, for its king Labdakos had died young leaving a mere child on the throne. With the cities forces he laid

The men Henry betrayed soon became angry and killed him. She was soon persuaded to marry one of the men, James Hepburn. The other men became enraged with Hepburn and battled with Mary but soon Mary turned herself over to be imprisoned. During her Imprisonment, she was forced to abdicate her throne to her infant son. She was free after 10 months of captivity and wanted her throne back.

Cleopatra VII: Face or Power Figure Some see her as the most powerful Pharaoh in all of the other rulers in ancient Egypt. Some see her as a petty, weak female ruler who gave up her dynasty to the Romans for her lovers. Although both sides hold some form of truth, Cleopatra was a ruler like none other. Even today, historians argue about this, possibly because, even though she had brought Egypt great power and political stability, she eventually lost it to the Romans.

In the first part of my essay I am going to discuss how Cassis Dio characterises Cleopatra in the given passage. Throughout the extract there is an ongoing positive characterisation of Cleopatra, what strikes me most is the portrayal of her physical image. We are first introduced to the concept of Cleopatra being a ‘surpassing beauty’ (Cassius dio, page 20) in the opening sentence, it is then a reoccurring theme throughout the text. An interesting point made about her beauty is in the sentence, ‘and she reposed in her beauty all her claims to the throne.’ Not only does this continue the -portrayal- of beauty but this also shows a characterisation of arrogance; this stemming from Cleopatra believing her beauty is the key to power rather than usual qualities you would foresee from a leader.

Agrippina the Elder was the granddaughter of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus and child of the arranged union between Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia, the emperor’s only daughter (Gagarin 53). Since Augustus had no other children, succession to the throne was left to his grandchildren and, when Agrippina was of age, he arranged for her to marry Germanicus, grandson of his sister, Octavia, and a famous and respected Roman military commander (Salisbury 3). They had nine children together with six surviving to adulthood (Gagarin 53). Meanwhile, before Caesar Augustus passed, he decided to adopt his stepson, Tiberius, and persuaded him to adopt Germanicus as his son, so succession would go to Germanicus after Augustus’s death (Salisbury