Cleopatra Echoes as Dido
44:03–45:28 · 85s
Beard proposes Cleopatra’s afterlife in literature as Virgil’s Dido—another North African queen undone by passion and politics—an enduring cultural transfiguration.
44:03–45:28 · 85s
Beard proposes Cleopatra’s afterlife in literature as Virgil’s Dido—another North African queen undone by passion and politics—an enduring cultural transfiguration.
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