And it really flies when paddled
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:14:45 -0000, "Jeff" wrote:
Cleopatra.... I guess they ran out of popular Greek heroes
Cleopatra was a Greek.
She was the last of the Helenistic dynasty known as the Ptolemaics and was
descended from Alexander's general called, obviously enough Ptolemy..
She just happened to rule Egypt
That's on a par with saying that Gt, Britain is ruled by a German,
Cleopatra was definitely fully assimilated as an Egyptian, perhaps the
dynasty did have Greek (Macedonian) roots 300 years previously but even the
early Ptolemaics made Egyptian marriages.
Well, not only a Greek but an incestuous dynasty. A well recorded one
also. Your Egyptian chappies/lassies would be who, exactly?
Cheers,
dba
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