1.0American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)Marta Ostovich/news/author/mostovich/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iC7CpRyO3M"><a href="/anetoday/2024/02/cleopatras-languages">ANE Today – Cleopatra’s Languages</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/anetoday/2024/02/cleopatras-languages/embed/#?secret=iC7CpRyO3M" width="600" height="338" title="“ANE Today – Cleopatra’s Languages” — American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)" data-secret="iC7CpRyO3M" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Strootman_Fig6.jpeg600600In Antiquity, Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty (ruled 51–30 BCE), was renowned for both her beauty and her intelligence. She also was a famous polyglot. According to Plutarch, Cleopatra conversed with Ethiopians, Troglodytes, Hebrews, Arabians, Syrians, Medes, Parthians, “and many other peoples” without the assistance of an interpreter, and moreover was the first of her Greek-speaking dynasty to have mastered the Egyptian language.