Saturday, August 09, 2008
RANDOM E BRITANNICA POST
CLEOBULUS- 1 of 7 sages. son of evagoras, distiguished by his strength + handsomeness? wisdom of sayings, riddles + poetry. 560ish bc. believed in educating females. father of cleobuline
CLEOMENES- 3 kings of sparta.
Cl 1- 1 of 2 joint kings. 519ish bc. led spartans on athens 510. established new constitution in Athi, expelled 7000 families, but made to leave athens. blah blah. became mad. would attack violently w/ his staff those who would come for an audience. placed in close confinement. killed himself by a knife.
Cl 3- last of the agiad line, succeeded in 240 bc. strong + determined. wanted to restore sparta, old constitution + discipline of lycurgus + destroy the achaean league. met aristomachus, 'the captain' of the league w/ force of 5000 against 25,000 at palantium, but the achaeans declined to fight. the next year he defeated them in battle at the feast of mt. lycaeum. also against the ephors in sparta. defeated them(the rich?) + set about reforms.
defeated by antigonus of macedonia at selasia (222).Cl went to egypt. committed suicide 219.
CLEOPATRA- name of several ptolemy princesses. best known, the daughter of ptolemy auletes. born 69 bc. father left her at 17, heir + throne w/ brother ptolemy, whose wife she was to be. a few years later, her bro,or her guardians deprived her of all royal authority. she withdrew to syria, there made plans to take back her authority by force. it was then that julius caesar followed ptolemy into egypt with plans to stay. soon cleo saw her chance + took pains to secure julius. caesar made war for her. ptolemy died and she took the thone w/younger bro to whome she was set to marry(custom), even as she was screwing julius. JC went back to rome +she followed w/ her younger bro, who she soon poisoned + she lived w/ julius. after is assassination, went back to egypt, but during the troubles in rome, she took the part antony, who she had earlier interested. when in cilicia, she went to visit him, in great splendor + he was soon enthralled, following her to egypt + lived there in profuse + wanton luxory. calling thmselves 'osirus + isis'. he did marry octavia, but he went back + he helped her in battle. $ + men + supplies. augustus took advantage of cleo's unpopularity in rome + he declar. when antony lost all cause, she made overtures to Oct in getting rid of antony. A did commit suicide, but her overtures to oct failed + instead of being taken a prisoner to rome, killed herself w/ an asp at 39. said to have spoken 7 languages. 3 kids by antony + maybe son by julius- caesarion.
CLEPSYDRA- 'waterclock' to limit speeches.
CLEOBULUS- 1 of 7 sages. son of evagoras, distiguished by his strength + handsomeness? wisdom of sayings, riddles + poetry. 560ish bc. believed in educating females. father of cleobuline
CLEOMENES- 3 kings of sparta.
Cl 1- 1 of 2 joint kings. 519ish bc. led spartans on athens 510. established new constitution in Athi, expelled 7000 families, but made to leave athens. blah blah. became mad. would attack violently w/ his staff those who would come for an audience. placed in close confinement. killed himself by a knife.
Cl 3- last of the agiad line, succeeded in 240 bc. strong + determined. wanted to restore sparta, old constitution + discipline of lycurgus + destroy the achaean league. met aristomachus, 'the captain' of the league w/ force of 5000 against 25,000 at palantium, but the achaeans declined to fight. the next year he defeated them in battle at the feast of mt. lycaeum. also against the ephors in sparta. defeated them(the rich?) + set about reforms.
defeated by antigonus of macedonia at selasia (222).Cl went to egypt. committed suicide 219.
CLEOPATRA- name of several ptolemy princesses. best known, the daughter of ptolemy auletes. born 69 bc. father left her at 17, heir + throne w/ brother ptolemy, whose wife she was to be. a few years later, her bro,or her guardians deprived her of all royal authority. she withdrew to syria, there made plans to take back her authority by force. it was then that julius caesar followed ptolemy into egypt with plans to stay. soon cleo saw her chance + took pains to secure julius. caesar made war for her. ptolemy died and she took the thone w/younger bro to whome she was set to marry(custom), even as she was screwing julius. JC went back to rome +she followed w/ her younger bro, who she soon poisoned + she lived w/ julius. after is assassination, went back to egypt, but during the troubles in rome, she took the part antony, who she had earlier interested. when in cilicia, she went to visit him, in great splendor + he was soon enthralled, following her to egypt + lived there in profuse + wanton luxory. calling thmselves 'osirus + isis'. he did marry octavia, but he went back + he helped her in battle. $ + men + supplies. augustus took advantage of cleo's unpopularity in rome + he declar. when antony lost all cause, she made overtures to Oct in getting rid of antony. A did commit suicide, but her overtures to oct failed + instead of being taken a prisoner to rome, killed herself w/ an asp at 39. said to have spoken 7 languages. 3 kids by antony + maybe son by julius- caesarion.
CLEPSYDRA- 'waterclock' to limit speeches.
