Cleopatra

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(1) Deborah Solomon, Questions for Stacy Schiff: The Queen. New York Times, Oct. 17, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17fob-q4-t.html?scp=1&sq=schiff&st=cse

Note: Plutarch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch
(c. 46-120; a greek scholar who became a Roman citizen)


(2) Stacy Schiff, Still Under Cleopatra's Spell; The Romans were the first, but hardly the last, to be unnerved by female ambition, authority and allure. Wall Steet Journal, Oct. 23, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304510704575562194068357552.html

Note:
(a) Cleopatra (69-30 BC), whose father was

Ptolemy XII Auletes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_XII_Auletes
(117-51 BC; more commonly known as "Auletes" ([Greek for] The Flutist).  Auletes means pipes-player, and refers to his chubby cheeks, like the inflated cheeks of a pipe-player)

(i) Ptolemy (name)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_(name)
(The name Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus comes from the Greek Ptolemaios, which means warlike. There have been many people named Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus)

* The letter P in Ptolemy is silent (not pronounced).
* Ptolemaic (adj)

(b) Ptolemaic Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom
(in and around Egypt began following Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 BC and ended with the death of Cleopatra VII and the Roman conquest in 30 BC. It was founded when Ptolemy I Soter declared himself Pharaoh of Egypt, creating a powerful Hellenistic state)

(c) The writer argues, "It helps that, with her suicide in 30 B.C., she brought down two worlds; with her went both the 400-year-old Roman Republic and the Hellenistic age.

(i) Roman Republic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic
(509-27 BC; It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, c. 509 BC, and lasted 482 years until its subversion, through a series of civil wars)
(ii) Hellenistic civilization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization
(Hellenistic civilization represents the zenith of Greek influence in the ancient world from 323 BC to about 146 BC (or arguably as late as 30 BC))

(d) The "dearly" in "you dearly hope" is an adverb:
"HEARTILY, EARNESTLY <prayed so dearly for peace>"

All definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(e) drudge (n): "to do hard, menial, or monotonous work"
(f) Juvenal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenal
(a Roman poet born in the late 1st century and died in early 2nd century AD)
(g) chafe (vt): "to rub so as to wear away"
(h) Herod the Great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great
(71, 73 or 74 -  4 or 1 BC; Herod the Great appears in the Gospel according to Matthew (Ch. 2), which describes an event known as the Massacre of the Innocents)

* Jesus (c. 5 BC- c. 30 AD)

(i) Augustus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavian
(63 BC-14 AD; first Roman emperor of Roman Empire 27 BC-14 AD; Because of the various names he bore, it is common to call him Octavius when referring to events between 63 and 44 BC, Octavian (or Octavianus) when referring to events between 44 and 27 BC, and Augustus when referring to events after 27 BC)

* Octavius (praenomen)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavius_(praenomen)
(Origin and Meaning of the Name)

(j) trope (n; from Greek tropos turn, way, manner, style):  "b : a common or overused theme or device : cliché <the usual horror movie tropes>
(k) Battle of Actium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Actium
(a sea battle fought between the forces of Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The battle took place on Sept. 2, 31 BC, on the Ionian Sea near the Roman colony of Actium in Greece)

(l) oversell (vt): "to make excessive claims for   e.g. The salesman oversold the features on the new model."
(m) abject (adj; Latin  ab- from, away off + jacere to throw):
"sunk to or existing in a low state or condition"

(n) occult (adj; Latin occultus, from past participle of occulere to cover up): "not easily apprehended or understood"
(o) alchemical (adj)
alchemy (n): "a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life"

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Re: (1) Deborah Solomon, Questions for Stacy Schiff: The Queen. New York Times, Oct. 17, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17fob-q4-t.html?scp=1&sq=schiff&st=cse

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In my original posting, (1) mentioned coins bearing Cleopatra likeness.

Michiko Kakutani, The Woman Who Had the World in Thrall. New York Times, Nov. 2, 2010 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/books/02book.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=michiko%20cleopatra&st=cse

Note:
(1) Michiko KAKUTANI 角谷 美智子; 1955- ; 日系アメリカ人二世 American born.
(2) The print edition but not online version has a photo of a contemporary coin, with caption: "[photo credit:] From Cleopatra: A Book. By Stacy Schiff. A 80-drachman bronze coin minted in Alexandria bearing the image of Cleopatra, who set its value no matter the weight."

(3) It is all lost, however. From the owner:

The Profile of a Queen - 164  Ancient Greek bronze of Cleopatra VII (51 - 30 BC). Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.
http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/collections/object_month/celopat/

(a) This is the best preserved BRONZE coin. Other--but worn--contemporary bronze coins:

Ancient Coins of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. 51-29 BC
http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/greek/cleopatravii-egypt-coins.html

(b) Hunterian Collection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunterian_Collection
(originally assembled by anatomist William Hunter)
(c) Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunterian_Museum_and_Art_Gallery
(the oldest public museum in Scotland; In 1783, William Hunter bequeathed his substantial and varied collections to the University of Glasgow)

(4) There is also a SILVER coin, with similar Cleopatra image AND that of Antony--on two sides of the same coin. (a) below displayed only Cleopatra while (b) at the bottom showed both personages.
(a) Martin Wainwright, Antony and Cleopatra: coin find changes the faces of historyProfiles of the Egyptian queen and her lover on a silver denari belie fabled beauty. Telegraph, Feb. 14, 2007 (Valentine's Day).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/feb/14/topstories3.science
("Newcastle University, whose archaeology museum found the 5p-sized coin while researching a forgotten 18th century hoard left for years in a local bank")

(i) satrap (n; Greek satrapēs, from Old Persian khshathrapāvan, literally, protector of the dominion): "1: the governor of a province in ancient Persia
2a: RULER"
www.m-w.com
(ii)
* Eugène Delacroix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix

* Delacroix means "from the cross."
* "Eugene Delacroix
French, 1798 - 1863
Cleopatra and the Peasant
oil on canvas, 1838
Ackland Fund, 59.15.1"
Ackland Art Museum, New Zealand  
http://www.ackland.org/art/collection/euroam/1800-1900/59.15.1.html

Nilus (mythology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilus_(mythology)
(the god of the Nile river)

(iii) denarius (n, Latin): "a small silver coin of ancient Rome"
(iv) Newcastle University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_University
(founded in 1834)
(v) Pensées
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pens%C3%A9es
(The Pensées (literally, "thoughts") represented a defense of the Christian religion by Blaise Pascal, the renowned 17th century philosopher and mathematician.)
(vi) For Romantic movement, see Romanticism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism
(vii) For Orientalist, see Orientalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism
(viii) antiquary (n): "ANTIQUARIAN"

antiquarian (n): "one who collects or studies antiquities"
(ix) The Telegraph report stated "Cleopatra ('Father's joy')."

At last I found the meaning of her name. In fact, upon furtehr digging Cleopatra is Greek for "father's fame."

* Greek cleo/clio fame

Kleio
http://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/MousaKleio.html
("Kleio (or Clio) was one of the nine Muses [in Greek mythology] * * * Her name was derived from the Greek verb kle&ocirc;, 'to make famous' or 'celebrate.'")

* Greek πατέρας (pateras) father

Incientally: Latin pater father, from which comes paternal.


(b) Photo in the News: Cleopatra No Beauty Queen, Coin Suggests. National Geographic, Feb. 15, 2007.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070215-cleopatra.html

Take a look at the photographs only.

【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: (1) Deborah Solomon, Questions for Stacy Schiff: The Queen. New York Times, Oct. 17, 2010.
: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17fob-q4-t.html?scp=1&amp;sq=schiff&amp;st=cse
: Note: Plutarch
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch
: (c. 46-120; a greek scholar who became a Roman cit
: (以下引言省略...)

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