Cleopatra — "I am the sun and the moon."
I am the sun and the moon.
I am the sun and the moon.
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"Let the world remember my name with awe, not pity."
"Power is the only true love."
"I shall not be a trophy in his triumph."
"Is this well done, Charmion?"
"Let them feast, for tomorrow we die."
Last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt who allied with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony; her suicide ended the Egyptian dynasty. Closely associated with Mark Antony (her partner and co-suicide) and Julius Caesar (her earlier ally and father of Caesarion). For an intellectual contrast, see Augustus, first Roman emperor (Octavian) — Augustus's defeat of Cleopatra at Actium ended Hellenistic Egypt and started the Roman imperial era. His propaganda machine framed Cleopatra as the foreign queen threatening Roman virtue — the founding template of East-corruption-versus-Roman-discipline rhetoric.
A grand and self-aggrandizing statement reflecting her divine aspirations.
Date: c. 50-30 BCE
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