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2 unusual facts about Charmion


Charmian

Charmion (1875–1949), American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman

"The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion", an 1839 science fiction short story by Edgar Allan Poe


The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

Eiros and Charmion are named after Cleopatra's attendants, Iras and Charmion (or Charmian); they are mentioned by the Roman historian Plutarch in his biography of Mark Antony (in his work Parallel Lives); they appear in Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra, and John Dryden's play about Antony and Cleopatra, All for Love.


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