as Euclid and Eratosthenes are stars in the history of science. Parallel to these stories of scholars‚ among them the pioneer of librarianship‚ the cataloger Callimachus‚ the authors recount the fortunes of the Ptolemaic dynasty that expired with Cleopatra. Through it all stood the Pharos lighthouse‚ one of the Seven Wonders‚ from which one could have observed the Roman takeover and the growth of
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see Cleopatra fill the “dominant male role” and power well Antony followed her around “ Like a lovesick schoolboy.” During the time of her rule‚ “the social dynamics of men and women changed significantly”. Cleopatra wanted to be a powerful leader who also had control of the men in her life. When her decision making started to cause the kingdom she built to lose she planned her own death. She did not want to be put on display for Rome; she wanted to go out with dignity (Antony and Cleopatra: Critical
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Essay Plan Option 2: Tradition and Dissent in Music: Dmitri Shostakovich. Introduce topic • Music of Shostakovich. • What is a string quartet? http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/classicalmusic101/p/stringquartet.htm • Where are string quartet’s usually played? • http://www.eas-musikmanagement.de/index.php/en/biolawrence • Shostakovich and Russia http://web.mit.edu/jikatz/www/Shostakovich.pdf Shostakovich’s progress • Start about his progression in
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Maccabees Once again‚ because of its position at the Crossroads Of The Earth‚ the land of Israel had been contested between two branches of the former Greek kingdom - the Ptolemies to the south in Egypt (Queen Cleopatra was in later years one of its most famous members‚ see also Antony and Cleopatra)‚ and the Seleucids to the north in Syria. Earlier‚ Israel was included in the Ptolemaic kingdom. During the reign of King Philadelphus of Egypt‚ the Jews of Jerusalem provided a translation of the Torah from
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have o’ergone‚ are number’d in the travel of one mile (Love’s Labour’s Lost)? Explorer: This is most certain that I shall deliver: [This explorer] is every hour in Rome expected: since he went from Egypt ’tis a space for further travel (Antony and Cleopatra). Prince: Ay‚ now
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take their husbands very seriously and when a couple is married‚ maybe marriage links their lives together and deaths. In my third example‚ Plutarch shows how powerful and manipulative a woman can be. My example lies in the story “Life of Antony”‚ Cleopatra; the queen of Egypt manipulates Antony to fight war
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On the Translation of English Movie Titles I. Introduction Nowadays‚ more and more overseas movies are introduced to Chinese movie market. As movies play a significant role in culture communication‚ proper translation to overseas movies is very important. The title is a soul to a movie. The audiences read movie titles before they enjoy the movies. So good title translations can easily attract people’s attention. Therefore‚ how to translate the film titles well is an important course in movie translations
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Legend: Mary Magdalene was of the district of Magdala‚ on the shores of the Sea of Galilee‚ where stood her families castle‚ called Magdalon; she was the sister of Lazarus and of Martha‚ and they were the children of parents reputed noble‚ or‚ as some say‚ royal descendants of the House of David. On the death of their father‚ Syrus‚ they inherited vast riches and possessions in land‚ which were equally divided between them. Lazarus betook himself to the military life; Martha ruled her possessions
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entombed someone for following a God’s wishes. In Antistrophe 2 the chorus talks about Cleopatra “Cleopatra‚ unhappy queen. She was a princess too‚ of the ancient Erechthids‚ but was reared in the cave of the wild north wind” (p.226‚ l. 983-985) she was entombed by her husband the king. The chorus uses both of these women as examples because they both suffered an unjust entombment just like Antigone. The Chorus used Cleopatra as an example because after she was imprisoned her husband married another woman;
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emerged. Octavian defeated Lepidus in battle‚ and then turned his armies against the more powerful Mark Antony. Antony had fallen in love with and married the spellbinding queen of Egypt‚ Cleopatra. At the Battle of Actium off the coast of Greece in 31 B.C.E.‚ Octavian’s navy defeated the navy of Antony and Cleopatra‚ who later both committed suicide. Octavian returned to Rome triumphant and gave himself the title of princeps or "first citizen." Octavian was careful not to upset the Senate by declaring
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