英语-埃及艳后知识讲解.pptVIP

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。 Much of what we know about Cleopatra was written after her death . Thus, some of what we know about Cleopatra may have been exaggerated.One of the ancient sources that tell her story, summarizes her story as She captivated the two greatest Romans of her day. (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 Caesar According to the stories, she delivered herself 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，主要是为了强 调他是凯撒的儿子。后来，凯撒被暗杀了。) Antony and Cleopatra In order to gain Antony‘s support, 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 attributable 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, reportedly 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。）