Cleopatra Cassius's Dio And Plutarch
Ancient writers have assumed a subjective point of view regarding historical figures. Reading through three different manners to engage a speech about Cleopatra, it’s possible to draft a comparison between Horace’s, Cassius’s Dio and Plutarch’s pieces of literature. (in)
The Roman historian Cassius Dio ( born c.164, died after 229 CE) describes Cleopatra’s appearance as outstanding and exceptional ‘she was a woman of surpassing beauty’ and ‘she was most striking’. He remarks a well-planned encounter with Caesar ‘obtaining permission adorned and beautified herself so as to appear before him in the most majestic and at the same time pity-inspiring guise’. Therefore, Cleopatra has been depicted as a magnificent woman who has been able to use her
The Roman historian Cassius Dio ( born c.164, died after 229 CE) describes Cleopatra’s appearance as outstanding and exceptional ‘she was a woman of surpassing beauty’ and ‘she was most striking’. He remarks a well-planned encounter with Caesar ‘obtaining permission adorned and beautified herself so as to appear before him in the most majestic and at the same time pity-inspiring guise’. Therefore, Cleopatra has been depicted as a magnificent woman who has been able to use her