The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-30
TODAY IN HISTORY
The Worlds Greatest coauette.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 80, 1910.

Cleopatra. queen OF Egypt. was one OF
| the most famous and fascinating female
soyereigns Of antiquity. She may also
be reckoned the worlds greatest coquette.
She captivated the great conqueror of the
world, Julius Caesar: entranccd the heart
and the senses OF the brave Marc Antony,
and succeeded In beguiling the watchful
OctaVius Caesar, the three greatest men
Of her day. Hers was the passionate
poetry OF coduetry. Her Irresistible pow
eer lay In the ability to, adapt herself TO
the peculiar tastes and 10 the varying
characters Of mankind. She studied the
qualification. the enjoyment and the
caprlces OF her lovers. bringing them TO
her In a deirum OF voluptuous intoxica-
tion.
In the case of her wooing of Antony,
appreciating his love for display, nothing
spect upon one occasion when she went
TO meet him. When she foated over the
waves OF the river Cydnus. her galley
sdGwed w With gold, odors filled filed It's s!ken
performed the part of mariners Beneath
an awning on the deck lay the queen,
In the slight drapcry with which painters
and sculptors sometimes invest the
goddess OF beauty. Silver oars struck
the water TO the dulcet sound Of music,
and beneath and about them sported the
1air representatives. of marine delties.
Besides her charm of person, and her
ability In arranging display, Plutarch
says: Her voice and words were mar
yelons pleasant; for her tongue was an
instrument of music. which she easily
turned into any language that pleased
her"
Finally Antony suffered defeat, and
later utter ruin, and he blamed his re
verses to Cleopatra's having betrayed
him. The Egyptian queen. alarmed at his
she had built as a refuge near the temple
OF isis, and caused report 10 be spread
that she was dead; Antony, on hearing
words, and throwing himself on his
sword inflicted a mortal wound, He died
In Cleopatra's arms who, hearing of his
rashness, caused the dying Roman TO be
TO bind up his wound, covering him with
passionate caresses
II was octavius Caesar, whose sister
Antony had married. who caused his
overthrow and utter ruin. Following his
death, Octavius desired that Cleopatra
should grace his triumph on his entrance
would be able, to obtain the Immense
treasures OF gold, emeralds, pearls, ivory
and precious goods which the queen had
collected In the tomb.
Octavius allowed the queen to give n
magnificent burial to Antony's remains,
permitting ncr to lavish upon his ashes
great masses of her most precious goods,
The passionate sorrow of Cleopatra in
duced her to attempt starving herself. but
Octavius prevented this. She fully real
lied that his cold nature would be i'm
passive against all the wles of her witch
cry, and she determined to disappoint, by
suicide, octavus's projected triumph
This she accomplished on August 30,
80 b. c: Paying first long visit to the
tomb OF Antony and calling on him pa
thetically TO witness her intended mmlo-
latlon through her love for him, she had
on her return. while al dinner a basket
OF figs brought to her, under the leaves
OF which an asp was concealed She
asked her maids to retire. Upon their
return. Plutarch says, they found Cleo
patra dead, lying on a bed of gold, attired
I'm her royal robes. She was SIS years
old. had reigned twenty-five years, and
governed about fourteen OF them with
Antonius.i