[UA] [OT] Cleopatra and Feng Shui for Monkeys

[Shawn Isenhart]

Peter Kisner wrote:
> On 2/16/07, Bastien Pilon <demiurge.gnosis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/070214/oddities/britain_egypt_history
>> "Egyptian queen Cleopatra was no stunner, coin shows"
>>
> I thought I'd heard somewhere before that, based on some contemporary
> description, Cleopatra was probably not all that physically
> attractive.  Something about how she just had a sort of inner
> charisma, in particular a strong influence over men.
>
> Sounds like some kind of Archetypal power to me, but which one?
The Seductress?  She wooed emperors, and even maintained a kingdom in 
the midst of an empire due to her relationship with Mark Antony and 
Julius Caesar.  Or maybe "the kept woman"... though a kingdom is a 
little better than an apartment in Manhattan.  (Insert obligatory joke 
about Manhattan housing prices.)