Antony and Cleopatra

Japanese: 《アントニーとクレオパトラ》 - あんとにーとくれおぱとら
Antony and Cleopatra

…She is often considered to be one of the two greatest beauties to have occupied the throne, along with Yang Guifei, the favorite concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. She has been featured in literary works by Shakespeare and Shaw, and has been stereotyped as a woman who played with the world's rulers with her charms. In particular, Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra portrayed her as a bewitching woman who used all sorts of cunning to toy with the Roman general Antony. It is true that she captivated the love of three Roman generals who met her on their visits to Egypt one after another, but the image of her as a bewitching woman is not necessarily accurate. …

*Some of the terminology used in "Antony and Cleopatra" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しばしば,唐の玄宗の寵妃楊貴妃と並んで,王座を占めた絶世の二大美人とされ,シェークスピアやショーなどの文芸作品で取り上げられて,世界の支配者たちをその色香で手玉にとった女性として定型化された。ことにシェークスピアの《アントニーとクレオパトラ》は,ローマの将軍アントニウスをあらゆる手練手管で翻弄した妖婦のように描いた。次々とエジプトを訪れて彼女と出会ったローマの将軍の3人を恋のとりこにしたことは事実だが,絶世の美人で妖婦,といったイメージは,必ずしも正しくない。…

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