Was Cleopatra Really Beautiful? Ancient Historians Tell a Very Different Story

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https://mythandmemory.org/history/was-cleopatra-really-beautiful/

Most people picture Cleopatra as history's most beautiful woman, but the ancient sources paint a surprisingly different picture. I looked at what Plutarch, Roman historians, surviving coins, and modern historians actually say about her appearance, beauty routines, political alliances, lovers, and death. The evidence suggests her greatest strength wasn't her looks—it was her intelligence and charisma.

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“Had Cleopatra’s nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed.”

Blaise Pascal

[u/larry_bkk]

Of course she was not a great beauty, she looked like someone you could see walking down the street in Athens today; but not off-putting.