Pammy
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Not sure this is the right place for this but no idea where would be better. Don’t hesitate to correct me if I’m wrong please.
The life of Cleopatra VII is a personal interest of mine. Everyone knows her name but not many knows about her genius and brutality. She did everything to keep herself on the throne and to keep Egypt independent. From murdering her siblings to seducing Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius. Her suspicious death marked the end of the Hellenistic Age and the fall of Egypt.
Cleopatra is not exactly a name, it’s a name and a title for female pharaohs, or Egyptian queens, from Ptolemaic Dynasty though it’s not certain if it’s a name or title. Ptolemaic Dynasty started with Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian-Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Ptolemaic Dynasty was obsessed with keeping their bloodline pure that they did one of the most odious acts, always married their cousins and siblings. My question is were they trying to keep Jews out or keep themselves Jew?
Macedonian-Greek Ptolemaics always preserved them from local Egyptians. Except for Cleopatra VII, none of them bothered to learn Egyptian. In fact, Cleopatra VII could speak not only her native Koine Greek and Egyptian, but she could speak and write in Ethiopian, Troglodytic (the language of Africans living in Egypt), Arabic, Aramaic, Median (Persians), Parthian, and Hebrew at least. Maybe Latin too. This is according to Plutarch. She didn’t need any interpreter when accepting her political guests. She was developing trading roads with other countries to free Egypt from Greek influence, at least to prevent Roman Empire from consuming Egypt. After her death, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire.
Her linguistic ability aside, she was very well educated in mathematics, philosophy, oratory, and astronomy. Many historians praised her intelligence. I bet if you dig a bit, you’ll start to doubt the accuracy of the sources. How can someone be a diplomat, naval commander, linguist, and physician/medical author at the same time?
I’m not going to bore you with the Egyptian version of Game of Thrones. She had the throne but she had to share it with his brother that she had to marry when he is only 10 and she is 18 to have the throne, young Ptolemy somehow got her expatriated, she seduced Caesar and his army wasn’t bad as a dowry to be honest, some brothers were murdered and some sister got drowned in the Nile along the way. She took the throne, crown, rod, whatever they had.
Caesar was another political genius. You know. Veni, vidi, vici. Et tu, Brute? Death. Marcus Antonius. Same story again. Cleopatra was unlucky with her political partner/lovers. It’s still not certain if she committed suicide after Marcus Antonius’s death or was assassinated.
The most important point is, that Cleopatra VII believed that she was chosen by Isıs. She believed that she, herself is a goddess walking on the earth too. Or this is how current historians interpret her admiration for Isıs.
What do you think? Was she delusional? Can she be someone who studied spirituality? She received the best possible education in Egypt and Greece. Was Ptolemaic Dynasty invaded by Jews?
The life of Cleopatra VII is a personal interest of mine. Everyone knows her name but not many knows about her genius and brutality. She did everything to keep herself on the throne and to keep Egypt independent. From murdering her siblings to seducing Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius. Her suspicious death marked the end of the Hellenistic Age and the fall of Egypt.
Cleopatra is not exactly a name, it’s a name and a title for female pharaohs, or Egyptian queens, from Ptolemaic Dynasty though it’s not certain if it’s a name or title. Ptolemaic Dynasty started with Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian-Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Ptolemaic Dynasty was obsessed with keeping their bloodline pure that they did one of the most odious acts, always married their cousins and siblings. My question is were they trying to keep Jews out or keep themselves Jew?
Macedonian-Greek Ptolemaics always preserved them from local Egyptians. Except for Cleopatra VII, none of them bothered to learn Egyptian. In fact, Cleopatra VII could speak not only her native Koine Greek and Egyptian, but she could speak and write in Ethiopian, Troglodytic (the language of Africans living in Egypt), Arabic, Aramaic, Median (Persians), Parthian, and Hebrew at least. Maybe Latin too. This is according to Plutarch. She didn’t need any interpreter when accepting her political guests. She was developing trading roads with other countries to free Egypt from Greek influence, at least to prevent Roman Empire from consuming Egypt. After her death, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire.
Her linguistic ability aside, she was very well educated in mathematics, philosophy, oratory, and astronomy. Many historians praised her intelligence. I bet if you dig a bit, you’ll start to doubt the accuracy of the sources. How can someone be a diplomat, naval commander, linguist, and physician/medical author at the same time?
I’m not going to bore you with the Egyptian version of Game of Thrones. She had the throne but she had to share it with his brother that she had to marry when he is only 10 and she is 18 to have the throne, young Ptolemy somehow got her expatriated, she seduced Caesar and his army wasn’t bad as a dowry to be honest, some brothers were murdered and some sister got drowned in the Nile along the way. She took the throne, crown, rod, whatever they had.
Caesar was another political genius. You know. Veni, vidi, vici. Et tu, Brute? Death. Marcus Antonius. Same story again. Cleopatra was unlucky with her political partner/lovers. It’s still not certain if she committed suicide after Marcus Antonius’s death or was assassinated.
The most important point is, that Cleopatra VII believed that she was chosen by Isıs. She believed that she, herself is a goddess walking on the earth too. Or this is how current historians interpret her admiration for Isıs.
What do you think? Was she delusional? Can she be someone who studied spirituality? She received the best possible education in Egypt and Greece. Was Ptolemaic Dynasty invaded by Jews?