1、Cleopatra (埃及艳后),The queen of the Egypt,She is the last Pharaoh of the Egypt, but she is a Greek. 她是埃及的最后一位埃及 法老，但她是一个希腊 人。,Cleopatra came to power in Egypt at the age of 17. She is a Greek, but even though her ancestry was Macedonian, she was still an Egyptian queen and worshipped as a god .When sh
2、e came to power, she improved the Egypts economy level and made people live better.(埃及艳后17岁在埃及执政。她是希腊 人，但是即使她是马其顿血统，她仍然是埃及女王，是埃 及人崇拜的神。在她执政期间，她提高了埃及的经济水平 ，并且使人们生活得更好。),Much of what we know about Cleopatra was written after her death . Thus, some of what we know about Cleopatra may have been exaggera
3、ted.One of the ancient sources that tell her story, summarizes her story as “She captivated the two greatest Romans of herday.“ (我们知道关于埃及艳后的描述都是在她死后才有的。因 此，我们知道对埃及艳后的描述很可能被夸大了。一个 关于他故事的来源，总结起来说就是:“在她的一生中她迷 惑了罗马史上两个最有成就的罗马人。”）,Cleopatra and Julius CaesarAccording to the stories, she delivered herself
4、 to Julius Caesars presence in a rug and won his support. (据说，她将自己裹在地毯里见到 了凯撒，并且得到了他的支持。),Cleopatra and Julius Caesar had a son, she named her newborn son Ptolemy Caesarion , emphasizing that this was the son of Julius Caesar. Afterwards, Julius Caesar was assassinated. (埃及艳后和凯撒有 一个儿子，她给她的儿子取名叫小凯撒，主
5、要是为了强 调他是凯撒的儿子。后来，凯撒被暗杀了。),Antony and CleopatraIn order to gain Antonyssupport, she seduced him. (为了得到安东尼的支持， 她引诱了他。),Antony married her and his granting of territory to her . Antony was able to use Cleopatras financial support to oppose Octavian in the battle of Actium , but missteps probably attri
6、butable to Cleopatra led to defeat.（安东尼娶了她，并且给予 了她一部分领土。在阿克提姆，安东尼通过埃及艳后的 财政支持和屋大维进行战斗，但失策的是可能由于 埃及艳后的原因导致了战争的失败。）,Cleopatras death,Cleopatra tried to get Octavians support for her childrens succession to power, but was unable to come to an agreement with him. In 30 BCE, Marc Antony killed himself, r
7、eportedly because hed been told that Cleopatra had been killed, and when yet another attempt to keep power failed, Cleopatra killed herself.（埃及艳后试着得到屋大维的支持，使她 的孩子能够继续继承王位，但是不能和他达成协议。公元 前30年，安东尼自杀了，据说是因为他被告知埃及艳后已 经被杀死了，而另一个说法争取政权失败，埃及艳后自杀 了。）,“The Death of Cleopatra,“ paintedin 1892 by Reginald Arthu
8、r. Cleopatras suicide is often depicted in works of art the sameway it has been portrayed in popular mythology with a poisonous snake. But now, many historian suggested that Cleopatra died by other means, possibly even murder.(这是霍金纳 德.亚瑟在1892年创作的绘画作品 埃及艳后之死。埃及艳后的自杀 行为经常会被艺术作品描绘的富有神 话色彩被眼镜蛇咬伤致死。但是 现在，有很多的史学家暗示说埃及艳 后很可能是被谋杀。),But who was the real Cleopatra?What did she really look like?,
