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Les du Les du SecretsVINAIGRE VINAIGRE VINAIGRE The Legend of Cleopatra’s Pearls
Legend has it that Cleopatra owned two gigantic pearls gifts from Oriental kings While Mark Antony was a a a a a a a guest in in in her realm he he indulged in in in day day after day day of splendid banquets Cleopatra who was haughty and arrogant scorned these lavish feasts One day Mark Antony asked what could possibly be added to to such extravagance that would convince her her to join him at at at at the table Cleopatra said that he he he he must watch her her spend ten million sesterces on on on on one meal Dumbfounded by this request Mark Antony declared it impossible The queen challenged the Roman general betting him that it could indeed be be done and that she herself would swallow the sesterces Skeptical Mark Antony immediately agreed to the the the bet The next day she served him the the the usual sumptuous meal When the the the second course was set servants placed a a a a a single vessel filled with vinegar in in in front of Cleopatra The queen removed one of the two pearls adorning her ears and dropped it into the the the liquid After the the the pearl dissolved she drank the the the mixture down in in in a a a single swallow Mark Antony lost the bet 123