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Posted on 12/08/2010 6:31:06 AM PST by SunkenCiv
We are in a Cleopatra moment. Three books featuring the notorious Egyptian queen have been published in the past few months of which Cleopatra: A Life by Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer Stacy Schiff is generating bombshell-size buzz. Michiko Kakutani gave Schiff's book a rave in The New York Times, the biography was fodder for Maureen Dowd's op-ed column (NYT), on NPR Tina Brown declared Schiff's book a "must-read" on the subject of women and power, Judith Thurman's round-up (The New Yorker) of the goddess' most recent chroniclers conferred upon Schiff's opus alone the honorific "a work of literature." But the mega-buzz arrived with Hollywood producer Scott Rudin's announcement that he'd bought the rights to Schiff's book with James Cameron (our Cecil B. DeMille?) directing a 3-D, action-packed extravaganza starring Angelina Jolie. And rumor has it that Steven Soderbergh is making a rock musical about the Egyptian queen's passions and travails starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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“Is this some kind of bust?”
“Very impressive, yes.”
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So Marc Antony was an eeeevviiillll smoker!
Didn't he marry J-Lo?
Lets face it—or rather Caesar and Antony faced it—most coins and statues that are struck in honor of rulers show their best features.
If that’s true about Cleo, then you’d have to look elsewhere than her beauty to account for her popularity with her much older lovers. (Caesar in his 50s and she about 19 when they consumated their relationship).
Rumors in Rome were that she was very adept in exotic foreign sexual practices, most of which will get you arrested in Southern states, to snare them.
From looking at the images of Cleo, it’s also possible that Helen Thomas is a direct descendant.
Thanks malkee. A novel, but might be fun.
The truth is, a lot of the coins struck back then were tiny — I think most have heard of the “widow’s mite” — and the visages were not that detailed. His coins (those I’ve seen) are noteworthy for the headgear (laurels), but are pretty accurate as to his profile, seen aging along with the great lover himself.
One vote for Theda Bara. ;’)
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