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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Conversations: Seduction or Strategy? The Very Real Cleopatra VII with The Partial Historians

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In a bit of a departure from other Conversations episodes, Dr. Rad and Dr. G of the Partial Historians Podcast give Liv a history lesson, with a rundown on the life of Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Egypt.

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0:30.0

Hello, this is Let's Talk About Myths Baby, and I am here yet again with another very

0:40.1

exciting conversation episode.

0:43.2

So this week I sat down with the two wonderful women in the partial historians, Dr. Rad

0:50.5

and Dr. G, and basically I just asked them to give me all the information they could in

0:56.7

about an hour on the very real badass Cleopatra VII.

1:03.7

The last Pharaoh of Egypt and very controversial woman.

1:08.7

She was the woman who led Egypt during its encounters with Julius Caesar.

1:14.3

You know the one.

1:15.3

She might have had a little something with him, and then there was Mark Antony, and ultimately

1:19.5

her story gets lost in the stories of those men.

1:23.5

But fortunately today we have the partial historians to take it back.

1:28.4

Tell us all everything about Cleopatra, the woman beyond these men, the truth of her

1:35.1

that gets lost in pop culture and rumors and theory and nonsense.

1:40.9

Because ultimately she was a very real queen of ancient Egypt.

1:53.4

Conversations, seduction or strategy.

1:57.3

The very real Cleopatra VII with the partial historians.

2:08.4

Thank you ladies so much.

2:09.4

I'm here today with the partial historians to talk all about Cleopatra, who is one of

2:16.0

the first real women I've covered on my podcast, and it seems very appropriate that we go

2:20.9

with her, technically Cleopatra VII, which I think is often forgotten, is quite how many

2:26.5

Cleopatra's there were before her, but she is the most famous one.

2:31.1

Thank you so much for being with me, and basically we're here today for you guys to just kind

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