E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cleopatra
was introduced to Julius Cæsar by Apollodrus in a bale of rich Syrian rugs. When the bale was unbound, there was discovered the fairest and wittiest girl of all the earth, and Cæsar became her captive slave.
rus in a bale of rich Syrian rugs. When the bale was unbound, there was discovered the fairest and wittiest girl of all the earth, and Cæsar became her captive slave.
