Cleopatra Was a Powerful and Wise Ruler
15 February 2011
A statue of Cleopatra VII at the British Museum in London
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: I’m Christopher Cruise.
FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life of one of the most famous and powerful women in history. She was a goddess, a queen, and a skilled diplomat and negotiator. She was a great politician who knew how to show off her and her country’s power and influence.
At the height of her rule more than two thousand years ago, she controlled Egypt and other lands including most of the eastern Mediterranean coast.
She was also one of the richest people in the world. She was known for her striking personality, her sharp intelligence and her alliances with the two most powerful men of her time. Her name was Cleopatra.
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CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Many people remember Cleopatra as the beautiful and fiery woman played by Elizabeth Taylor in the nineteen sixty-three movie “Cleopatra.”
ELIZABETH TAYLOR (AS CLEOPATRA): “Do as you say, literally? As if I was something you had conquered?”
REX HARRISION (AS CAESAR): “If I choose to regard you as such.”
ELIZABETH TAYLOR: “Am I to understand then that you feel free to do with me whatever you want, whenever you want?”
REX HARRISON: “Yes, I want that understood.”
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