Cleopatra contemplated and thus reflected,
“My salad days, When I was green in judgment, cold in blood”
According to Shakespeare, her dalliances with the emperor were viewed as the flighty romance of her dewy youth,
Would the mighty queen have bothered with something so mundane as a salad? A woman who chose
Death by asp would not have bothered with a paltry bowl of greens. Pomegranates and honey, beer and bread,
Figs and nuts aplenty, but salads most likely weren’t on her menu. Unless, of course, it was a Caesar salad.
Shaggy Doggin’ Shakespeare..; how cool and clever.
Regards,
Brett Bard
Saint Crispin, Ky
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Thank you very much!
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I think one is not cold in anything in these green days and you are perfectly correct. A most interesting lady was Cleopatra. x
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Yes, cool and clever 🙂 Reminded me of a mesmerizing book by Stacey Schiff that showed what a fantastic cool woman Cleopatra was – and not the caricature that’s gone down in history.
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Thanks! That book sounds good! I’ll have to read it.
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