Cleopatra Rug Caesar

Cleopatra devised a plan to meet julius caesar on her own terms seeking a political alliance and a return to the throne.

Cleopatra rug caesar. Julius caesar however is not threatened by the same fate for he carried a much greater army force. Pompey has already been executed by the egyptians. Cleopatra s problem was that if she were seen in the city she would be killed so she had to smuggle herself in if she were to obey caesar cleopatra had herself rolled up in a rug or a mat or a. As a member of the ptolemaic dynasty she was a descendant of its founder ptolemy i soter a macedonian greek general and companion of alexander the great.

After the death of cleopatra egypt became a. When the rug was opened cleopatra rolled out and immediately charmed caesar. She had herself wrapped inside a rolled rug which was smuggled into alexandria and delivered to caesar. Cleopatra stares at caesar intently wearing nothing but a harness that reveals her breasts and a sheer skirt that reveals the curves of her idealized body.

After sneaking into family friend julius caesar s chambers wrapped in a rug or according to other translations of plutarch a sack of clothes she charmed him enlisted his help and defeated her brother in battle. Caesar and cleopatra is no exception. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Cleopatra and caesar french.

Cleopatra vii philopator koinē greek. She came back better than ever. Cleopatra and julius caesar. Cléopâtre et césar also known as cleopatra before caesar is an oil on canvas painting by the french academic artist jean léon gérôme completed in 1866 the work was originally commissioned by the french courtesan la païva but she was unhappy with the finished painting and returned it to gérôme it was exhibited at the salon of 1866 and the royal.

At her feet apollodoros holds the rug that was used to smuggle her into the palace. κλεοπάτρα φιλοπάτωρ kleopátra philopátōr. As i explain in this article i wrote in january 2020 the famous story of cleopatra rolling out of a carpet when she met julius caesar for the first time comes from a mistranslation of a passage in the biography the life of julius caesar written.