1 posted on
02/14/2007 8:59:17 AM PST by
blam
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To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
02/14/2007 8:59:41 AM PST by
blam
To: blam
Perhaps Caesar and Antony just really liked her personality.
To: blam
Please, no posting of the Helen Thomas pic!
4 posted on
02/14/2007 9:01:33 AM PST by
ikka
To: blam
5 posted on
02/14/2007 9:01:39 AM PST by
Dog Gone
To: blam
a pointed chin, thin lips and sharp nose.
6 posted on
02/14/2007 9:02:04 AM PST by
holymoly
("A lot" is TWO words.)
To: blam
Beauty, by who's standard? Ours or those who lived 2,000 years ago. I believe the standards of beauty were quite different.
7 posted on
02/14/2007 9:02:54 AM PST by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: blam
All those historical types were homely as hell.
Even the supposed "timeless" beauty of the Mona Lisa, is a barf-o-rama, if you ask me.
10 posted on
02/14/2007 9:05:43 AM PST by
wizecrakker
(Trying to behave)
To: blam
11 posted on
02/14/2007 9:06:19 AM PST by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: blam
Maybe she had a nice asp.
16 posted on
02/14/2007 9:10:26 AM PST by
P.O.E.
To: blam
Ugh! I can't tell Antony from Cleo!
To: blam
Which side of the coin are the male and female?
The side I took as Cleo looks more like a man!
18 posted on
02/14/2007 9:12:35 AM PST by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: blam
Are they suggesting that one of the two faces in the coin picture is of Cleopatra? Or are both of Anthony?
21 posted on
02/14/2007 9:16:22 AM PST by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( New Update to Abortion Section of FRhomepage: it's now the Abortion/Euthanasia Section, for one.)
To: blam
Antony looks like Joey Butafucco
To: blam
Oh bushwa. Cleopatra was a babe, and Antony a stud. Anyone can dummy up a coin; this is probably the work of some disgruntled smith...
25 posted on
02/14/2007 9:22:44 AM PST by
karnage
To: blam
Of course Cleopatra was beautiful - she "had HUGE...tracts of land"... /grin
26 posted on
02/14/2007 9:23:08 AM PST by
tarheelswamprat
(So what if I'm not rich? So what if I'm not one of the beautiful people? At least I'm not smart...)
To: blam
Roman writers tell us that Cleopatra was intelligent and charismatic, and that she had a seductive voice but, tellingly, they do not mention her beauty
"Hey Antony - I've got a terrific gal for you, she's got a great personality!"
27 posted on
02/14/2007 9:23:18 AM PST by
The Lumster
(USA - where the innocent have nothing to fear!)
To: blam
I remember having to translate this from Plutarch's Lives...
For her actual beauty, it is said, was not in itself so remarkable that none could be compared with her, or that no one could see her without being struck by it, but the contact of her presence, if you lived with her, was irresistible; the attraction of her person, joining with the charm of her conversation, and the character that attended all she said or did, was something bewitching. It was a pleasure merely to hear the sound of her voice, with which, like an instrument of many strings, she could pass from one language to another...
30 posted on
02/14/2007 9:30:10 AM PST by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
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36 posted on
02/14/2007 10:00:59 AM PST by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: blam
Allegedly she had other talents. One of the historians of classical antiquity said her nick name was "Chiela" or "Thick Lips" and she was said to have fellated 100 Greek noblemen at a banquet once. Salacious gossip about the mighty always has a market tho', see Petronius' (?) "The Secret History", full of Byzantine dirt about who was sleeping with who and how and who was on the take and for how much.
37 posted on
02/14/2007 10:03:35 AM PST by
skepsel
To: blam
Clearly, the man who cut the die was a one trick pony when it came to faces. He was able to differentiate hair styles though.
I don't read much into these claims. There's a limit to what you can do with a hammer and chisel on a small coin die.
38 posted on
02/14/2007 10:04:46 AM PST by
exit82
(Defend our defenders--get off the fence.)
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