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“Nefertiti a face without a queen; Cleopatra is a queen without a face" (Plutarch). Cleopatra was the daughter of Ptolemy XII from the Macedonian dynasty, born between 69 and 70 B.C.E. Her name means famous in her father. Cleopatra was a passionate queen; that would go to unimaginable lengths for her country. Her most valuable personality traits were: her ambition, her confidence, her ambition, and her intelligence. These personality traits enabled her to become one of Egypt's greatest Pharaohs.

Cleopatra was from a family of powerful rulers, but Cleopatra's ambition was to be the most recognized Pharaoh of her Macedonian lineage. She wanted to return Egypt to its previous glory. She was the first one in her family to embrace all the aspects of Egyptian culture and language with open arms. When her father Ptolemy XII died it is likely that Cleopatra married her brother, Ptolemy XIII, who was 12 years old. As a result of her being 8 years older than him, she planned to become the dominant ruler of the two. However, in 50 B.C.E her brother wanted to become the sole ruler of Egypt and he …show more content…

Her confidence, the way she carried herself around others, influenced how people viewed her. She proclaimed herself the new Isis. The goddess Isis was well known as the goddess of medicine, wisdom, and motherhood. Using the title of the Egyptian goddess Aset (her greek name is Isis) made Cleopatra seem trustworthy and people believe everything she said. Her self-value was what made her seem magnetizing. In response to Cleopatra's beauty by Egyptian standard back then Plutarch claimed that she had fair skin and light hair due to the Persian blood of her family. She also had very wide sunken eyes plus a hooked nose, and a sharp chin, high arched eyebrows, and a full chin. She also had very wide sunken eyes plus a hooked nose, and a sharp chain, high arched eyebrows, and a full

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