August 12, 30 B.C: Death of Cleopatra (VII)

Cleopatra, with the help of two of her most trusted servants, killed herself on August 12, 30 B.C., to escape capture by Octavian.

Dated to 32 B.C., this coin bearing a portrait of Cleopatra has renewed the debate over whether she was actually beautiful. It's an irrelevant question, says biographer Joann Fletcher. "The impact she made on the ancient world is overlooked, because the world has this obsession when it comes to women. People can only judge them on whether they were beautiful. Nobody ever said, 'Mark Antony: how handsome was he?'" (Courtesy of Newcastle University, U.K.) - Smithsonian

Yes, I have tried ― many times ― to recreate the legendary 'Cleopatra' eye, made famous, for me, by Elizabeth Taylor's role in the 1963 eponymous film.
No, I have never succeeded.
Yes, I will continue these futile attempts.





Gracious kisses.
P.S. I promise not to be morbid thrice in a row.