Cleopatra (1934)
Irving Pichel: Apollodorus
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Quotes
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Apollodorus : [Caesar has been murdered] Come, we must go! We must escape! They will kill you! Think of Egypt!
Cleopatra : Think of Egypt? Always Egypt! But Caesar is dead! My emperor!
Apollodorus : That dream is gone.
Cleopatra : Gone. Yes, gone. What do I care for empire now? Caesar is dead! My lover is dead!
Apollodorus : He didn't love you.
Cleopatra : You lie!
[whips Apollodorus]
Cleopatra : You lie! You lie!
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Egyptian Messenger : [to Cleopatra] Royal Egypt, Caesar is dead!
Apollodorus : How was this? By whom?
Egyptian Messenger : I don't know, but I heard them cry, "Brutus, Cassius!" As I got off through the streets I heard them shout, "Caesar is a traitor to Rome!"
Cleopatra : Where is he? Where is Caesar?
Egyptian Messenger : Dead, Majesty. The body lies at the foot of Pompey's statue. No one will touch it.
Cleopatra : I will.
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Apollodorus : [sees Cleopatra wearing a bejeweled gown with a large cape] I never saw anything so beautiful!
Cleopatra : Let me show you.
[poses]
Cleopatra : How do you like this?
Apollodorus : Gorgeous!
Cleopatra : Or do you like this?
[poses a different way]
Apollodorus : [laughs lightly] I am only a man. How can I tell?
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Apollodorus : [to Cleopatra, about Caesar] It wasn't in his arms he wanted to hold Egypt. It was in his treasury.
Charmion : It's true. You were blind. He didn't love you.
Iras : You were blind. Blind!