| Title | : | Asterix and Cleopatra (Asterix, #6) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0752866079 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780752866079 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 |
| Publication | : | First published July 1, 1965 |
Asterix and Cleopatra (Asterix, #6) Reviews
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Astérix et Cléopâtre = Asterix and Cleopatra (Asterix, #6), René Goscinny
Asterix and Cleopatra is the sixth book in the Asterix comic book series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 215-257, in 1963.
The book begins with an argument between Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, and Julius Caesar, in which Caesar belittles the accomplishments of the Egyptian people. Infuriated, Cleopatra makes a wager with Caesar promising to build a new palace in Alexandria within three months.
Cleopatra summons Edifis, who claims to be the best architect in Egypt. She promises Edifis that if he builds the palace on time he will be covered with gold; if he fails, he will be a meal for the sacred crocodiles. ...
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ششم ماه می سال 2004میلادی
عنوان: ماجراهای آستریکس و ابیلیکس کتاب شش - آستریکس و کلئوپاترا؛ نویسنده: رنه گوسینی؛ مترجم: مهدی شاه خلیلی؛ تهران، لک لک، 1381؛ در 48ص، شابک 9646488528؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، تاریخ فرهنگ، 1383؛ شابک 9647135700؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، کلام، 1385؛ از ماجراهای آستریکس و ابیلیکس کتاب شش؛ در 48ص؛ مصور رنگی؛ گروه سنی ج د؛ شابک 9649394834؛ موضوع داستانهای فکاهی مصور از نویسندگان فرانسوی سده 20م
مترجم: فریبزر افروزی، تهران، پرتو واقعه، 1381؛ در 48ص، شابک 9649394869؛
کلئوپاترا شرطی با «سزار» بسته است، که مصریان قصری را طی مدت سه ماه بنا خواهند نهاد؛ معماری به نام «نومروبیس» برای به فرجام رساندن کار گماشته میشود، که در صورت عدم انجام در زمان ضرب العجل مقرر، خوراک تمساحها خواهد شد.؛ از آنجایی که عملیات با خرابکارهای مغرضانه از جوانب مختلف به قصد کند کردن آهنگ کار روبروست، «نومروبیس» دوستان گالیایی خویش، «آستریکس و اُبلیکس» را به یاری میخواند تا به کمک معجون «میراکولیس» راه رسیدن به مقصود را هموار سازد
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 23/08/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی -
"You can't argue with Cleopatra. She may have a foul temper, but such a lovely nose!"
- Getafix the Druid
For the first time, another historical character other than Caesar enters the Asterix universe. I salute Goscinny and Uderzo on their conception of Cleopatra as a tantrum-throwing terror, permanently stuck in teenage. Even though this may be a possible crime against her memory, their conception of the queen is somehow sweet and endearing.
This is the first adventure where Dogmatix becomes an integral part of the Asterix universe. Having followed Asterix and Obelix in the hope of getting a bone in their previous adventure (
Asterix and the Banquet), he has appropriated Obelix as his master, who is hopeful of teaching his "little dog" to fetch menhirs. Well, whether he learns that or not, Dogmatix is instrumental in saving the lives of the team in this adventure!
The most enjoyable part of this book is the dialogue in hieroglyphics and its translation. I laughed myself to tears over it! -
Okay, so this is one of the really good Asterix books. It’s a favourite of just about everyone I’ve ever discussed these books with, and for good reason.
The general storyline here is quite strong, and in fact probably one of the better ones in the series. In order to prove to Julius Caesar that the Egyptian people are still capable (and not decadent, as Caesar implies), Cleopatra commissions the building of a palace for the Roman Emperor. The Gauls get pulled into the affair when the help of Getafix the Druid is enlisted.
The authors examine the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. The story takes place during Caesar’s occupation of Alexandria, and while the Asterix stories take place around 50 B.C., there isn’t mention of a joint rulership between Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy (he doesn’t feature here at all) so it’s possible that these events are intended to have taken place after the Battle of the Nile in 47 B.C. I’m reading the series in order, so it’s still a while before I get to
Asterix and Son, which touches on the subject of Caesar and Cleopatra again, notably via their son Caesarion. We'll see what we will see, but I enjoy the historical context of these books tremendously.
Ancient Egypt is portrayed as suitably exotic for the most part, and the story is a delightful look at Egyptian culture and landmarks such as the Pyramids and the Nile. Intrigue is provided by a conniving rival architect, and the Romans, who all seek to disrupt the building (there is a strict deadline). The book even touches on labour relations and industrial espionage. And yes, we get to see how the Sphinx lost its nose. As with the other Asterix books it’s a send up of all concerned and the humour is just fantastic. As you may imagine, the Gauls have dealings with Cleopatra, and the way she is portrayed here is just bucketloads of fun.
Highly recommended. In fact, if you are going to read one Asterix and aren’t too bothered to start at the beginning, this is a great one to try.
Addendum:
Just a quick update – I have now completed
Asterix the Legionary which deals with the Battle of Thapsus (which took place in 46 B.C.). This gives some additional context to my guesstimate of 47 B.C. above. -
Queen Cleopatra is annoyed with Julius Ceasar, who thinks Egypt is not a great nation. In order to show him that the Egyptians are still great, she makes a bet with him that she would build a magnificent palace. She appoints Edifis as her architect, but there are forces out to destroy both the architect and the queen. As luck would have it, Edifis knows Getafix and requests his help. Asterix and Obelix drag along.
I loved how bad Edifis' buildings were! His own house falls apart in moments. Dogmatix has a larger presence in this book for the first time. And I really loved how the three go sightseeing the Giza Pyramids.
Two things I absolutely loved: We now know how the Sphinx lost its nose (Obelix breaks it!), and the way the Gauls offer to help build the Suez Canal.
A brilliant book with loads of laughs! -
Asterix comes to save Egytian nationalism
22 July 2012
This album was somewhat more entertaining that the last one that I read though I am not really sure why. While Ceaser has always been portrayed as the villain in the Asterix albums, we begin to see more of his scheming and manipulative nature in this one. Cleopatra and Ceaser are having an argument as to whether Egypt is in decline or not, and Cleopatra decides to make a bet with him to build a palace for Ceaser in three months, however the only architect that she has is really bad, so he visits Amorica to see his old friend Getafix and as a result Asterix, Obelix, Dogmatix, and Getafix all go on a trip to Egypt to help Cleopatra win the bet.
One thing that you cannot say about Asterix comics is that they are historically accurate: they are not. While there are a number of jokes that relate to the period in which it is set (and the more you understand the ancient world the more the jokes make sense) they are not attempting to accurately recreate the period. Though I will discuss this more below, one thing that was difficult in those days was travelling long distances, and the voyage from Rome to Alexandria was not an easy one.
Egypt was not strictly the Egypt of the Pharoahs anymore, and had not been since the Assyrian invasion. In fact since the Egyptians lost the battle of Carcamesh to the Assyrians the once great Pharonic empire was in decline. Things changed when Alexander marched into the country and established the city of Alexandria and Egypt once again rose out of the ashes, but this time as a hybrid Greek-Egyptian culture. This new country was ruled by the Ptolemies for about two hundred years until this particular period. Cleopatra was the last of the Ptolemies to sit on an Egyptian throne, and with her death, Egypt became another province of Rome.
At this particular period Ceaser was in Egypt simply because Pompey had been murdered after he fled there at the end of the civil war. Ceaser travelled to Egypt not so much to bring Pompey's body home, but to seek out his murderers and punish them accordingly. However while he was there Ceaser decided that he would leave a Roman garrison in Egypt and thus incorporating it into Rome as a protectorate. This lead to a brief skirmish between Ceaser's and Cleopatra's troops which resulted in the burning down of the Great Library (it was subsequently rebuilt and restocked and remained so until it was ultimately destroyed when the Muslims invaded).
The other thing that I wanted to comment on with this album is the impossibility of being able to complete the task at hand. Even without having to travel to Amorica to pick up Asterix and Obelix, it would have been impossible to build a temple in three months. In fact, having to travel to Amorica and back again would probably have taken three months (if they were lucky). Travel back then was very slow, and sea travel was incredibly unpredictable. However, as mentioned above, Asterix is not about realism but rather about using the ancient world to satirise modernism, and in many ways the setting and the stories have a nature of their own. -
I really like that this one opened with Cleopatra and Caesar instead of the Gauls.
Caesar: She's a nice girl, only her nose is so easily put out of joint... pretty nose too!
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Asterix: She looks bad tempered, but she has a pretty nose...
Getafix: Very pretty!
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Asterix: There's no denying it, she does have a pretty nose!
Getafix: A very pretty nose!
Obelix: Did you see her nose Dogmatix?
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Zdecydowanie moja ulubiona odsłona przygód nieustraszonych Galów
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Das ist einer der besten Asterix-Bände überhaupt. Ich liebe ihn. So gute Witze, toll gezeichnet, schöne Farbgebung, unterhaltsame Charaktere, eingängliches Wording (ich wusste einige Sprechblasen noch auswendig), viele historische Referenzen, vollständiges Abklappern aller ägyptischen Sehenswürdigkeiten.
War auch beim x-ten Lesen wieder total begeistert, absoluter Top Tier unter den Asterixen. -
When I was four or five years old, I caught a bad flu that sapped all the strength out of my body and mind, and I liked to make myself a bundle of blankets at the bottom of the stairs to sleep in. I'm not sure why. Anyway, my father (who worked at a library) brought me this comic book one day, and introduced me to the world of Asterix, and to the world of comic books in general. I'm not sure I'd even read any comics by then, even the Disney ones.
So I was lying at the stairs, wrapped up in three layers of sheets, feverish and delirious, when I first read this thing. I'm not sure whether any of that contributed to the madness now within my head. But even in retrospect, the comic is one of Asterix's better ones. -
Nous sommes en 50 avant Jésus-Christ. Toute la Gaule est occupée par les Romains... Toute ? Non ! Un village peuplé d'irréductibles Gaulois résiste encore et toujours à l'envahisseur...
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Im „Original“ ist es einfach noch besser 😍
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Ah yes, a lovely nose indeed. As cartoony as this Cleopatra happens to be she sort of reminds me of a girl I once had a crush on back when I was around the age of 19 or 20. Similar features, Italian rather than Egyptian, a lovely lass indeed. A mad thought crossed my mind, send the girl a big bunch of flowers, yeah, she might like that. Yeah, that didn't go so well... lovely nose though.
It's been a long time indeed since I read an Asterix comic, possibly as far back as me being a wee lad under the age of 12 but I can still say now at the age of 38 I still enjoy them. Last week I had taken my daughter to the local library and while she was loading up her book bag with all of her stuff, I've sneakily slipped in Asterix and Cleopatra while she wasn't looking. When we got to the counter to scan them all in she has come across the book and turned to look at me as if to say, "What's this then?" I've just shrugged my shoulders and said, "I have no idea how that got in there but scan it anyway as you'll like it." Needless to say it's only I that has read it so far ;)
I'll have to remember to borrow a few more next time we go.
4 stars.
PS: While searching for my comic Cleopatra I also stumbled across this little beauty. The stunningly beautiful Monica Bellucci has apparently played Cleopatra in a live action Asterix movie! I have no idea if the movie is any good or not and I seriously don't care. How good does she look?!?!?! ;)
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The world's favourite performance-enhancing drug fuelled Frenchmen hit Egypt!
While on their North African holiday they engage in some substance-assisted heavy-masonry erection (apparently there were no pee tests on ancient Egyptian construction sites), share their picker-uppers with the local slaves, get stuck in a pyramid where their escape requires a larger dose of Gaul-steroids than usual, and engage in their usual roid-rage battles with the Roman authorities.
At stake is Cleopatra’s prestige in the face of the arrogant Empire of Julius Caesar, and to help the most beautiful woman on earth (or at least the one with the most beautiful nose), our Frenchmen will leave no Italian unpunched and no mysterious bottles of gym-juice undrunk.
Jokes aside, this is my favorite Asterix and Obelix story. I first read it when I was seven years old, and I love the ancient Eqyptian setting, the Caesar-Cleopatra conflict, and of course the usual antics of my favorite French gym-candy fiends. If you’re going to read one Goscinny and Uderzo story, you won’t do better than this one.
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Julius Caesar, while hanging out with Cleopatra, makes fun of Egypt's has-been status as a great empire. Sure, they built the pyramids, but that was thousands of years ago...what have they done lately? Cleopatra defiantly claims they can build a palace to Caesar in Alexandria in three months. Caesar will acknowledge Egpyt's greatness if she can pull it off. She summons the best architect of Alexandria, Edifis, for the job. He knows he'll need magical powers to pull it off, but he knows this druid in Gaul. After a quick visit to Asterix's village, Edifis recruits village druid and potion mixer extraordinaire Getafix to help out. Naturally, Asterix and Obelix tag along for the adventure. Will they be able to build a palace or will they be fed to the Nile crocodiles?
This is another fun adventure. They hit all the highlights of Egypt--the pyramids, slaves building things, the Sphinx, mummies, and the immortal beauty of Cleopatra's nose. Recommended. -
مغامرة أستريكس وكليوباترا...مُمتعة وجميلة جدااا ...
انضم كل من " استريكس" وصديقه " أوبليكس" والساحر " بانوراميكس" إلى المهندس الفرعوني " معماريس" لبناء قصر ل" يوليوس قيصر" وعليهم أن ينتهوا من بن��ئه في مدة أقصاها ثلاثة أشهر....هذا أمر من الملكة " كليوباترا " وإلا سيُلقى بالمهندس كوجبة لذيذة للتماسيح...
اللكمات التي سُددت، والأبواب التي كُسرت لم تتوقف لحظة...طاخ...طراخ ...😄
تراهم ينتهوا من بناء القصر قبل ثلاثة أشهر ؟؟....
فأنا لم أتوقف عن الضحك ...واعتقد اليوم بات الجميع في العمل على ثقة بأنني فقدت عقلي حقاً....🤪 -
Uno de los mejores y que más recuerdo de la infancia. Con Asterix, Obelix y Panoramix ayudando a un arquitecto de Cleopatra a terminar un palacio cuya finalización la reina egipcia se ha apostado con el César. Los gags de Obelix e Idefix aquí son muy divertidos.
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It's amazing what a pretty nose will get you.
Old ReviewGo read Asterix, any of them. Honestly. Even if you're an adult. I read them first when I was around 8-10, and I return to them periodically. There is one level of humor for adults, another for children. Adults will crack up over every name. Honestly, what isn't funny about a druid named Getafix?
This edition to the series is great. Though there is no pun on Cleopatra's name, there are pretty of comments about her nose. A nice and amusing use of Cleopatra. I enjoyed how the Sphinx lost its nose. -
Entretenido 100%
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René Goscinny und Albert Uderzo zeigen mit ihrem Werk einen alternativen Blickwinkel auf das heutig Weltgeschehen auf. In einem alternativen Jahr 50 vor Christus handelt das Buch von einem kleinwüchsigen Protagonisten namens Asterix. Asterix leidet unter dem psychologischen Phänomen des Napoleon-Komplex. Asterix wird begleitet von seinem stark adipösen und zurückgeblieben Freund Obelix. Da die beiden Mittdreissiger ohne feste Partnerin verbleiben und die Lebenserwartung im Jahre 50 vor Christus das 50. Lebensjahr nicht überstieg, ist davon auszugehen, dass die beiden auch eine amouröse Beziehung führen. Das Duo wird vom Druiden Miraculix kompletiert. Der Druide verfügt über die Fähigkeit einen magischen Trank herzustellen, welcher dem Konsumenten übermenschliche Kräfte verleiht. Hierbei schaffen die Autoren Parallelen zur heutigen Zeit des Drogenkonsums. Durch den Trank können die gallischen Dorfbewohner sich gegen die römischen Legionäre problemlos verteidigen, was nicht der geschichtlichen Überlieferungen entspricht. Dieses verzerrte Bild bestätigt diese Vermutung.
Die Geschichte beginnt mit einer Wette zwischen Kleoparta und Cäsar. Die Wette beinhaltet, dass das ägyptische Volk innerhalb von drei Monaten einen prunkvollen Palast für Cäsar errichten kann.
Diese Sequenzen sind voller Sexismus gegen Kleopatra, da Cäsar sie auf ihre Nase reduziert.
Kleopatra beauftragt den Architekten Numerobis mit der Errichtung des Palastes. Wenn er es innerhalb der drei Monate schafft, wird sie ihn mit Gold überschütten. Falls er scheitert, wird er den Krokodilen zum Frass vorgeworfen. Die Autoren schaffen damit einen Bezug zur heutigen Leistungsgesellschaft unter dem Motto „get rich or die tryin‘“.
Der Architekt holt unter Erfolgsdruck Hilfe bei den drei Gallier und lässt sie nach Ägypten reisen.
Obelix schmuggelt dabei seinen Hund Idefix. Der Hund wird illegal eingeführt. Somit schaffen die Autoren einen antonymen Bezug zur heutigen Flüchtlingskrise.
In Ägypten angekommen verhelfen die Gallier mit ihrem magischen Trank zur Vollendung des Palastes.
Die römischen Truppen - befehligt durch Cäsar - greifen den Palast mittels Wurfgeschossen an. Es folgt eine hässliche Veranschauung von total stumpfer Gewalt gegen die römischen Legionäre. Der Hund Idefix alamiert daraufhin Kleopatra, welche anschliessend Cäsar des Wettbetrugs beschuldigt. Cäsar kann sich aufgrund ungenügender Argumente nicht gegen diese Vorwürfe behaupten. Damit wollen die Autoren eine Dominanz des Genus fenininum aufzeigen.
Dies ist jedoch nicht die einzige Eskapade. Das Werk behandelt des weiteren Probleme mit Vergiftung, Orientierungslosigkeit, Gefangenschaft und Lieferverzug. Vor allem Letzteres zeigt Parallelen zur heutigen Zeit des Zalando-Versands auf.
Der Palast wird dennoch pünktlich fertig. Dies zeigt ein sehr verzerrtes Bild zur Realität. In Zeiten vom Berliner Flughafen ist eine pünktliche Bauvollendung nur schwer nachvollziehbar.
Kleopatra hat somit die Wette gewonnen und die Gallier kehren nach Gallien zurück.
Dort angekommen wird für das Trio eine Feier veranstaltet, wobei die Autoren den masslosen Konsum von fettigem Wildschweinbraten und alkoholhaltigen Getränken veranschaulicht wird.
Ebenfalls wird der Barde Troubadix gefesselt und geknebelt, was auf eine ausgeprägte Bondage-Perversion der Autoren schliessen lässt.
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One of my favourite Asterix books. Goscinny and Uderzo's Cleopatra is hilarious, and you have to give high marks to a children's graphic novel which refers to Napoleon and the French involvement in the Suez canal, has Cleopatra's food taster complaining about the amount of pearl in her vinegar, and doesn't merely turn an obscure Blaise Pascal quotation into a running joke but runs it into the ground.
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Amazing, always throws me back in my childhood.
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Ah, so that's how the Sphinx lost his nose! Ha!
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Interesting take on Cleopatra.
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I just love it. It’s my favourite and also my favourite film. I’ve always loved Egypt and having another important historical figure other than Caesar is awesome!
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Ya había leído este cómic de pequeña, pero a medida que te vas haciendo mayor la ironía y el humor de los tebeos de Asterix van ganando fuerza.
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Феновете на култовите герои Астерикс и Обеликс посрещнаха новата година с новия 39-ти албум от комиксовата поредица, „Астерикс и грифонът“. Родните читатели пък я посрещат с ново издание на шестия том - „Астерикс и Клеопатра“. И докато има хора, които смятат, че приключенията на галите вече не са същите след смъртта на техните създатели, то относно класическите истории, сътворени от знаменитото дуо Госини и Юдезро всички са единодушни – те нямат равни! А двукратно екранизираният комикс „Астерикс и Клеопатра“ е сред най-любимите ни и най-забавни мисии на галските герои! Прочетете ревюто на „Книжни Криле“:
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Diese Geschichte gibt es inzwischen schon als Zeichentrick- und Realfilm. Alle drei Versionen sind wahrlich nicht schlecht. Aber die ägyptischen Sprechblasen mit den Bildern entfalten nur in der Comic-Version ihr volles komisches Potential. Aber auch die Story ist überragend. Die Gallier greifen in einen Konkurrenzkampf zwischen Cäsar und Kleopatra ein. Die Geschichte wird wieder frei interpretiert. Ägypten hat von sich aus großes Potential, hinzukommen die Zaubertrank-Superkräfte und die "barbarischen" Gallier in einer fremden Kultur.
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#76 of 2020
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He elegido este comic de Astérix para hacer una reseña, pero podría valer igualmente para toda la colección mientras René Goscinny fue el guionista (desde que su prematura muerte nos privó de su genialidad en posteriores entregas, ya no fue lo mismo).
He elegido Astérix y Cleopatra porque quizá sea el comic más redondo de la colección, pero son todos una maravilla y comparten, sin excepción, las mismas virtudes: unos personajes emblemáticos y divertidísimos que han pasado a la historia por méritos propios, unos guiones geniales repletos de guiños y un humor muy inteligente, que hacen que estos comics sean muy disfrutables tanto por niños como por adultos.
Los he releído varias veces, ya he perdido la cuenta pero alguno de ellos lo he debido leer 5 ó 6 veces, y lo bueno es que cada vez descubría algún detalle, algún guiño, que me había pasado desapercibido y que me provocaba una nueva risotada.
Esa es una de las grandes virtudes de estos magníficos comics, como he apuntado anteriormente (y como he podido comprobar yo mismo, tras leerlos en distintos momentos de mi vida, teniendo distinta edad y grado de madurez): cuando eres niño, disfrutas con su humor visual (y ciertamente fácil, pero efectivo) en forma de porrazos de los galos a los romanos y cosas por el estilo; pero, a medida que los lees contando con mayor experiencia vital y bagaje cultural, descubres además la gran cantidad de guiños y referencias geniales que hacen de su lectura una auténtica gozada.
Puede que aún vuelva a leerlos otra vez. -
As I read this, I experienced flashbacks of the movie. It's funny because, although I was raised with Astérix and co., I only remember the plot of one movie: The 12 tasks. So it was a surprise to see that I sort of knew this story.
I really enjoyed it but at this point I have read funnier albums, so I have to give it 3.5 stars.
Such a lovely nose!!
