Pothinus

Pothinus says this is just the vanity of youth, but Cleopatra corrects him: "No, no: it is not that I am so clever, but that the others are so stupid."

Archive 2005-04-01 2005

Pothinus responds: "Truly, that is the great secret."

Archive 2005-04-01 2005

Pothinus responds: "Truly, that is the great secret."

Review of Caeser and Cleopatra 2005

Pothinus says this is just the vanity of youth, but Cleopatra corrects him: "No, no: it is not that I am so clever, but that the others are so stupid."

Review of Caeser and Cleopatra 2005

Ptolemy himself was quite young, and therefore Pothinus, who had the principal administration of all affairs, called a council of the chief men, those being the greatest whom he pleased to make so, and commanded them every man to deliver his opinion touching the reception of Pompey.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Pothinus told him that he had better go now and attend to his other affairs of greater consequence, and that he should receive his money at another time with thanks.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

It was, indeed, a miserable thing, that the fate of the great Pompey should be left to the determinations of Pothinus the eunuch, Theodotus of

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Achillas and Pothinus he put to death; and king Ptolemy himself, being overthrown in battle upon the banks of the Nile, fled away and was never heard of afterwards.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Pothinus shot out from the wings, sword in hand, but Caesar was quicker and his sword impaled Pothinus through the stomach.

The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002

Handmaidens danced around Cleopatra's bedchamber while the queen slept in the background and her brother Ptolemy and his confidant Pothinus plotted her downfall.

The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002