Has anyone seen the meme floating around that claims that Julius Caesar nicknamed Cleopatra “golden mouthed” because of her oral sex skills? Also that Cleopatra was called “meriochane” in ancient Greek supposedly meaning “she who gapes for 10,000 men”?
Both of these claims sound like complete BS and I haven’t been able to find a single citation to back them up.
*Also someone should tell the 4th century CE theologian John Chrysostom (“golden mouthed”) about his name.
I think I found my new favorite rabbit hole. This voice actor does Shakespeare scenes in a southern accent and I need to see the whole damn play. Absolutely beautiful
Learning about the Ides of March in middle school was so surreal for me because it’s my birthday, so when the teacher started talking about March 15th and Caesar’s murder, everyone who knew my birthday gave me the side eye like I was the one who stabbed him, so I was sitting there like
Me: *is watching the tragedy of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare on YouTube*
Every single one of the comments: “Here because of English. Ugh, I can’t understand anything they’re saying. Ew, I hate it. I’ll just go to sparknotes.”
Me: AM I THE ONLY ONE WATCHING THIS OF MY OWN FREE WILL AND FOR MY ENJOYMENT?????
[Image ID: Image one is a picture of a Little Caesars pizza box. A hand is holding a knife out directly above it. Image two is a blurry close-up shot showing the knife being stabbed through the neck of the Little Caesars mascot on the box. / End ID]
