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title: Cleopatra's Nose
author: René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11729/cleopatras-nose/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Cleopatra's Nose
_Authored by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11729.jpg)
## Image Caption
In the comic *Asterix and [Cleopatra](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/cleopatra/)* (1963), [Caesar](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/caesar/) exclaims, “she is kind, but the spices that easily go up her nose... she is pretty, too, though!” The joke (translated in the English edition as “only her nose is so easily put out of joint”) not only puns on the size of Cleopatra’s nose, but also plays on a French expression meaning someone is easily agitated, and then continues to perpetuate the idea that she was attractive. Also notice that the opening words quote Pascal, *Pensées* 162 verbatim. Image taken from René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, *Astérix et Cléopâtre* ([Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/): Dargaud, 1965), p.5.
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## Cite This Work
### APA
Uderzo, R. G. a. A. (2020, January 30). Cleopatra's Nose. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Uderzo, René Goscinny and Albert. "Cleopatra's Nose." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 30, 2020. .
### MLA
Uderzo, René Goscinny and Albert. "Cleopatra's Nose." *World History Encyclopedia*, 30 Jan 2020, .
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