The best edition of the most important ancient literary source on Cleopatra. Written a century after her death, the biography of Antonius provides the most detail about Cleopatra’s life and that of her children.
YOU GO GIRL. Okay, it's ridiculous, and I highly doubt the historical accuracy, but... it made me laugh. ALSO, I love that she mentions cutting off his ear, because it refers back to when Cleopatra saw Cicero giving one of his famous speeches in court, about a girl who'd cut the ear off a man who was trying to strangle her:
Cleopatra takes a hold of something--I think it was a necklace--and the vindictive older sister snatches it away and presses a knife to Cleopatra's throat.
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I'm really looking forward to seeing what's in store for the future there, it's definitely worth it.
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While Cleopatra was not always my favorite female monarch, I love this book not only because it satiated my taste for court intrigue, but also because it allowed me a glimpse of the wealth and decay of Egypt.
At the end, Cleopatra returns to Egypt with her father and her friend says that she left a child and returned a woman but we don't see that development. And I know that this is a little bit more difficult since this is a diary that we're reading but we don't see Cleopatra educate herself on the politics of the Roman Empire. All she does is frown upon what a 'barbaric' society it is and not looking at why or how they became such a powerful and terrifying empire.
Charmion was clumsily attempting to right the diadem around Cleopatra’s forehead. Angrily one of Octavian’s men exploded: “A fine deed this, Charmion!
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Within months, Ptolemy XIII’s name had been dropped from official documents and Cleopatra’s face appeared alone on coins.
The only scenes that I found her interesting were the scenes she wrote down about her thoughts of her father. She loves her father but yet she knows he is a terrible ruler and drinks alot. Cleopatra is aware that her father is not too intelligent but at the same time she is always kind to him and shows him love because she fears him.
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This book isn't bad by all means. It's just not that very interesting. I would have preferred if we got to see a little bit more of Cleopatra's growth from a young naïve girl to a wise and bitter woman who has had a taste of the cruelty of the world. I would like to see more of Cleopatra's character of a ruler who had to be brutal and resourceful in order to survive and keep her throne. With this diary, here is a chance to explore Cleopatra's ambition and click here goals of why she would want to be pharaoh.