Coach Pāṇini ®This image demonstrates a profound lack of historical understanding of Ancient Egypt and the Ptolemaic period.
Even Hypatia would have face-palmed.
#history #ancientegypt #ptolemaic #histodons #cleopatra #netflix #neoplatonism
Woodchaz@paninid
I had a hard time caring about this one. Does it really matter who the actor is? Women tend to play Peter Pan in the theater for example. I haven't watched it though. Were they making out like she wasn't Greek?
I had a hard time caring about this one. Does it really matter who the actor is? Women tend to play Peter Pan in the theater for example. I haven't watched it though. Were they making out like she wasn't Greek?
@Woodchaz I was mainly very annoyed by the producer’s aggressively ahistorical take on the entire enterprise.
I watched it and it was okay.
The premise of the race/ethnology of Cleopatra is based on two (pun intended) “black holes” in her genealogy, which people can choose to assume was whomever they want (in this case Nubian influence, I suppose).
We’ll never know, it’s inconsequential, and doesn’t actually hurt or help anyone.
@paninid
I think I'll skip it. These things always happen, trying to shoehorn messy historical events into the culture of the day. But I'm looking for more depth in what I consume these days.
I think I'll skip it. These things always happen, trying to shoehorn messy historical events into the culture of the day. But I'm looking for more depth in what I consume these days.
@Woodchaz I mean, I learned some stuff.
I didn’t realize Cleopatra was in Rome on the Ides of March.
@paninid
Huh. I didn't know that either. I know next to nothing about Ptolemaic Egypt. That Cleopatra was Greek was basically trivia. I'm very curious at the moment, since I realized Carl Jung was interested in #alchemy. If he thought it was relevant to psychology, I am too. I'm not interested in spiritualism, but I am interested in how my mind works.
Huh. I didn't know that either. I know next to nothing about Ptolemaic Egypt. That Cleopatra was Greek was basically trivia. I'm very curious at the moment, since I realized Carl Jung was interested in #alchemy. If he thought it was relevant to psychology, I am too. I'm not interested in spiritualism, but I am interested in how my mind works.
@Woodchaz I think #Plotinus ate magic mushrooms 4 times in his life, achieving transcendental clarity with the Ineffable that inspired the #Enneads. I think there was a lot of foraging of mushrooms in and around the ancient Mediterranean. https://www.wired.com/story/the-psychedelic-scientist-who-sends-brains-back-to-childhood/