Someone tell me about Cleopatra?

Question

She was beautiful or not.I read she was ugly,but always has been said she was beautiful,and she tooked seduction classes,and so ever some one tell me the truth.
Someone professional.

The fight for 10 points is between Victor S and John the Actuary

Thanks Strong Heart and John for the links.

Answer 1

Judge for yourself.

The following webpage shows images of the famous Cleopatra from coins from the era when she and Mark Anthony ruled the East together. Remember, though, that ancient coin images tend to be stylized, ie it is difficult to tell how close to the actual person the image is. I would suspect that since all of the images appear to share the same "hooked" nose, that she probably had that feature.

Other things to remember about Cleopatra and her beauty. Cleopatra lived in an era when thin was associated with starving and poverty. Think of the body type of Elizabeth Taylor rather than Paris Hilton.

Also, she was the decendent of Greek conquerors so her features were likely to be more Mediterranean than African.

http://sangha.net/messengers/cleopatra/Coins.htm

Answer 2

There is actually a debate about her beauty, British archaeologists are claiming that she was short, obese and ugly. The Egyptian archaeologists are denying these reports, claiming that the ancient Greek engravings and remaining statues of Cleopatra, indicate that she was indeed beautiful.

Answer 3

As she lived in a period where you lost your teeth young, died young, where diseases and infection disfigured people and where the classical beauty included the ability to survive a small famine (all right, not that far but look at 19th century nude painting and you have the idea of what voluptuous meant), the people in that time probably accepted a much looser conception of beauty than we do with our own narrow parametres. She probably would not have been classified as beautiful in our time. And truly it seemed it was as much her personality than her looks that made her loved by two Roman emperors.

Answer 4

She "tooked" seduction classes?? I mean really!! Did they have schools and courses for seduction in ancient Egypt??

Chow!!

Answer 5

I think she was ugly. Yet she obviously was seductive. For example, she made Caesar leave his wife for her sooo....

Answer 6

Mira este link, habla u poco sobre eso q tu preguntas !!!!!!!!!!

http://www.solociencia.com/arqueologia/07031401.htm

Answer 7

she was an egyptian girl who became a princess lady and her evil sister didnt get her hubby

Answer 8

Cleopatra (69-30 bc), ill-fated queen of Egypt (51-30 bc), celebrated for her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Cleopatra, or more precisely, Cleopatra VII, was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Egypt. On her father's death in 51 bc Cleopatra, then about 17 years old, and her brother, Ptolemy XIII, a child of about 12 years, succeeded jointly to the throne of Egypt with the provision that they should marry. In the third year of their reign Ptolemy, encouraged by his advisers, assumed sole control of the government and drove Cleopatra into exile. She promptly gathered an army in Syria but was unable to assert her claim until the arrival at Alexandria of Julius Caesar, who became her lover and espoused her cause. He was for a time hard pressed by the Egyptians but ultimately triumphed, and in 47 bc Ptolemy XIII was killed. Caesar proclaimed Cleopatra queen of Egypt.

Cleopatra was then forced by custom to marry her younger brother, Ptolemy XIV, then about 11 years old. After settling their joint government on a secure basis, Cleopatra went to Rome, where she lived as Caesar's mistress. She gave birth to a son, Caesarion, later Ptolemy XV; it is believed that Caesar was his father. After Caesar's assassination in 44 bc, Cleopatra is said to have poisoned Ptolemy XIV. She then returned to Egypt and made Caesarion her coregent. Because Cleopatra hesitated to take sides in the civil war following Caesar's death, Mark Antony summoned her to meet him to explain her conduct. He fell in love with her and returned with her to Egypt. After living with her for some time, Antony was compelled to return to Rome, where he married Octavia, a sister of Caesar's heir Octavian, later Roman emperor as Augustus. After Antony's departure Cleopatra bore him twins. In 36 bc Antony went to the East as commander of an expedition against the Parthians. He sent for Cleopatra, who joined him at Antioch. They were married, and a third child was born. In 34 bc, after a successful campaign against the Parthians, he celebrated his triumph at Alexandria. He continued to reside in Egypt. In 32 bc, when Octavian declared war against Cleopatra and Antony, Antony divorced Octavia.

Cleopatra insisted on taking part in the campaign. At the naval engagement at Actium in 31 bc, believing Antony's defeat to be inevitable, she withdrew her fleet from action, and she and Antony fled to Alexandria. On the approach of Octavian, Antony, deceived by a false report of the death of the queen, committed suicide. Hearing that Octavian intended to exhibit her in his triumph at Rome, Cleopatra killed herself, probably by poison, or, according to an old tradition, by the bite of an asp. Caesarion, the last member of the Ptolemy dynasty, was put to death by Octavian, and Egypt subsequently became a Roman province.

Answer 9

she was once thee queen of all egypt