Explore the life of Cleopatra, one of history’s most misunderstood women, with Dr. Bill Thierfelder.
Cleopatra married and buried two of her brothers, captivated two of the most powerful men of her time only to bury them also, and famously took her own life at the age of 39 with the help of an asp. A highly educated queen who took the throne at age 18, she outwitted her 10-year-old brother-husband's advisors and seduced the 52-year-old Julius Caesar by rolling herself up in a carpet and having herself delivered to his room, all before age 21. She was, simply put, the most powerful woman of her time, known for her liaisons, her masterful political skills, and for her role as mother to four. Painted by the Romans as an evil seductress, Cleopatra has more recently found redemption a couple millennia later from historians with a slightly different perception.
Presented by Dr. Bill Thierfelder, a retired college professor who taught a variety of Arts and Humanities courses for 32 years at several New York universities and colleges, including St. John's University and Dowling College. He holds a Ph.D. in English, with minors in theater, art history and music history. He has also served as a docent at the American Museum of Natural History. This program will not be recorded.
Armchair Travels is generously funded with a gift from the Rutherford Family Trust.
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