Tend to forget about what she’s done before that.ĭiscussing the various misconceptions that have or have been figured uponĬleopatra in order to unravel what exactly people thought of her across time. I think instead people like to focus on the drama andĪrt surrounding her famous love affairs in the “exotic” realm of Egypt, and just Think is really unfortunate is that people don’t tend to focus on herĪchievements before this. That it is most likely from her contact with the Ancient Romans. She has maintained her popularity throughout history, but we can conjecture Perry’s “Dark Horse” video, which is rather Egyptian themed. What exactly comes to mind? Do you think about her relationships with JuliusĬaesar and Marc Antony? Do you think about Shakespeare’s famous play? MaybeĮven the 20th century film about her starring Elizabeth Taylor? Maybe even Katy Before we begin, we would just like to give special thanks to Simon Lee and Courtney Jacobs for giving us access to the Young Research Library Special Collections area, and to Deidre Whitmore and Tom Garbelotti for giving us continuous tech support throughout this course, as well as to Kylie Thomsen for allowing us to interview her during her very busy schedule. You are here with Alexis, Radha, Lily, and Roberto.

These questions and more will be discussed in the contents of this podcast.įeaturing Kylie Thomsen, Graduate Student, UCLA Transcript Section I: IntroductionĪLEXIS: Hey guys, welcome back to Now as Then Podcast: Episode #2: Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh.

Who was Cleopatra? Why has her fame transcended across time throughout all of history? Depends on who you ask.

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