Ancient Egypt Cleopatra Quotes & Sayings

The Ptolemies were in fact Macedonian Greek, which makes Cleopatra approximately as Egyptian as Elizabeth Taylor. The word 'honey skinned' recurs in descriptions of her relatives and would presumably applied to hers as well, despite the inexactitudes surrounding her mother and paternal grandmother. There was certainly Persian blood in the family, but even an Egyptian mistress is a rarity among the Ptolemies. She was not dark skinned. — Stacy Schiff

Apollodorus came, Caesar saw, Cleopatra conquered. — Stacy Schiff

Selene's life is a lesson to us that the trajectory of women's equality hasn't always been a forward march. In some ways the ancients were more advanced than we are today; there have been setbacks before and may be more in the future. — Stephanie Dray

Conformity is deformity — Sharon Desruisseaux

I had come to Rome in chains, but I would leave Rome a queen. — Stephanie Dray

The curves of his smile become the waves in my ocean. — Stephanie Dray