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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (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 "
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
(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" | c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 2 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 kleô, '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 pnly.
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【在 c**i 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&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
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