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Cleopatra's work is known from six fragments of her writing, probably all from Cosmetics. Four of these fragments are quoted by the 2nd–3rd century CE physician Galen, and the other two by the Byzantine physicians Aetius of Amida and Paulus of Aegina.
Along with Cleopatra the Physician, Metrodora is one of only two ancient women to have a surviving medical text attributed to her. [11] Assuming that she existed, her date can only be identified as no later than the compilation of the Laurentian manuscript in the late-tenth or early-eleventh century. [12]
Cleopatra and the Peasant is an 1838 history painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. [1] Romantic in style, it depicts the moments before the Death of Cleopatra . Planning to commit suicide after the defeat of her forces at the hands of Augustus during the War of Actium , the Queen of Egypt prepares to commit suicide with an asp ...
[330] [334] [335] Cleopatra's physician, Olympos, did not explain her cause of death, although the popular belief is that she allowed an asp or Egyptian cobra to bite and poison her. [336] [337] [309] Plutarch relates this tale, but then suggests an implement (κνῆστις, knêstis, lit.
Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.. The dig ...
Cleopatra's race was unlikely to be documented, and the identities of her mother and paternal grandparents weren't known. Some speculate she was a native Egyptian woman, while others say she was ...
Cleopatra the Alchemist (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα; fl. c. 3rd century AD) was a Greek alchemist, writer, and philosopher. She experimented with practical alchemy but is also credited as one of the four female alchemists who could produce the philosopher's stone .
Gal Gadot is moving forward with her Cleopatra movie, and she recently told Vogue Hong Kong that it will “change the narrative” about the historical figure. “Israel borders Egypt, and I grew ...