本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Re: (1) Deborah Solomon, Questions for Stacy Schiff: The Queen. New York Times, Oct. 17, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17fob-q4-t.html?scp=1&sq=schiff&st=cse
````````````````````
In my original posting, (1) mentioned coins bearing Cleopatra likeness.
Michiko Kakutani, The Woman Who Had the World in Thrall. New York Times, Nov. 2, 2010 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/books/02book.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=michiko%20cleopatra&st=cse
Note:
(1) Michiko KAKUTANI 角谷 美智子; 1955- ; 日系アメリカ人二世 American born.
(2) The print edition but not online version has a photo of a contemporary coin, with caption: "[photo credit:] From Cleopatra: A Book. By Stacy Schiff. A 80-drachman bronze coin minted in Alexandria bearing the image of Cleopatra, who set its value no matter the weight."
(3) It is all lost, however. From the owner:
The Profile of a Queen - 164 Ancient Greek bronze of Cleopatra VII (51 - 30 BC). Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.
http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/collections/object_month/celopat/
(a) This is the best preserved BRONZE coin. Other--but worn--contemporary bronze coins:
Ancient Coins of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. 51-29 BC
http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/greek/cleopatravii-egypt-coins.html
(b) Hunterian Collection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunterian_Collection
(originally assembled by anatomist William Hunter)
(c) Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunterian_Museum_and_Art_Gallery
(the oldest public museum in Scotland; In 1783, William Hunter bequeathed his substantial and varied collections to the University of Glasgow)
(4) There is also a SILVER coin, with similar Cleopatra image AND that of Antony--on two sides of the same coin. (a) below displayed only Cleopatra while (b) at the bottom showed both personages.
(a) Martin Wainwright, Antony and Cleopatra: coin find changes the faces of historyProfiles of the Egyptian queen and her lover on a silver denari belie fabled beauty. Telegraph, Feb. 14, 2007 (Valentine's Day).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/feb/14/topstories3.science
("Newcastle University, whose archaeology museum found the 5p-sized coin while researching a forgotten 18th century hoard left for years in a local bank")
(i) satrap (n; Greek satrapēs, from Old Persian khshathrapāvan, literally, protector of the dominion): "1: the governor of a province in ancient Persia
2a: RULER"
www.m-w.com
(ii)
* Eugène Delacroix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix
* Delacroix means "from the cross."
* "Eugene Delacroix
French, 1798 - 1863
Cleopatra and the Peasant
oil on canvas, 1838
Ackland Fund, 59.15.1"
Ackland Art Museum, New Zealand
http://www.ackland.org/art/collection/euroam/1800-1900/59.15.1.html
Nilus (mythology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilus_(mythology)
(the god of the Nile river)
(iii) denarius (n, Latin): "a small silver coin of ancient Rome"
(iv) Newcastle University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_University
(founded in 1834)
(v) Pensées
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pens%C3%A9es
(The Pensées (literally, "thoughts") represented a defense of the Christian religion by Blaise Pascal, the renowned 17th century philosopher and mathematician.)
(vi) For Romantic movement, see Romanticism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism
(vii) For Orientalist, see Orientalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism
(viii) antiquary (n): "ANTIQUARIAN"
antiquarian (n): "one who collects or studies antiquities"
(ix) The Telegraph report stated "Cleopatra ('Father's joy')."
At last I found the meaning of her name. In fact, upon furtehr digging Cleopatra is Greek for "father's fame."
* Greek cleo/clio fame
Kleio
http://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/MousaKleio.html
("Kleio (or Clio) was one of the nine Muses [in Greek mythology] * * * Her name was derived from the Greek verb kleô, 'to make famous' or 'celebrate.'")
* Greek πατέρας (pateras) father
Incientally: Latin pater father, from which comes paternal.
(b) Photo in the News: Cleopatra No Beauty Queen, Coin Suggests. National Geographic, Feb. 15, 2007.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070215-cleopatra.html
Take a look at the photographs only.
【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: (1) Deborah Solomon, Questions for Stacy Schiff: The Queen. New York Times, Oct. 17, 2010.
: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17fob-q4-t.html?scp=1&sq=schiff&st=cse
: Note: Plutarch
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch
: (c. 46-120; a greek scholar who became a Roman cit
: (以下引言省略...)
--
|