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Fragment of a relief of Cleopatra VII, Egypt, c. 1st–c. 3rd century ad. There is some debate as to whether the actual date of Antony and Cleopatra’s suicide is August 12th or 13th 30 BC in the modern calendar, but I’m quite partial to the figure of the Queen of Egypt, especially as Shakespeare imagined her, and I rather enjoy the connection to my birthday. Zoom

Fragment of a relief of Cleopatra VII, Egypt, c. 1st–c. 3rd century ad.

There is some debate as to whether the actual date of Antony and Cleopatra’s suicide is August 12th or 13th 30 BC in the modern calendar, but I’m quite partial to the figure of the Queen of Egypt, especially as Shakespeare imagined her, and I rather enjoy the connection to my birthday.

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Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011. Tagged with: Cleopatraancient worldEgypt12 Augustglorious twelfth
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    i love anything Egyptian. especially reading about them
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  41. superfluidity said: one of my very favorite Shakespeare characters!
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[bai'ra:-nik] 1. Characteristic of, or after the manner of Byron or his poetry. 2. quasi-n. pl. [after Philippics.] Declamatory utterances or invectives in the style of Byron. 3. Byronic hero: prominent literary character type of the Romantic period, whose characteristics include: extraordinary intelligence and perception; high level of education and intellectual prowess; arrogance; cunning and manipulation; emotional conflictedness; moodiness; self-criticism and introspection; self-destructive behaviour; aesthetic sophistication; dark mysterious beauty; powers of attraction; seductiveness and sexual perversion; world-weariness; distaste for social institutions and norms; disrespect of social ranks; being an outcast, an outlaw, or an exile.


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