Imperiia: a spatial history of the Russian EmpireMain MenuAboutProjectsDashboardsData CatalogMapStoriesGalleriesGamesWho said history was boring?Teach Our ContentCiting the ProjectKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The Imperiia Project // Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
And, enter Cleopatra.
12020-09-09T12:11:26-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f596drinking the Libyan sun to sleepplain2021-01-21T17:47:48-05:002020-09-08T12:46Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Cleopatra figures prominently in the poem ("A Dream of Fair Women"), reveling in memories of flattery, strife, and drinking the Libyan sun to sleep, while the narrator wanders through dark woods and dream worlds and goldmines of thought.
