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Why does Caesar ask Mark Antony to touch Calpurnia with the leather thong he will carry in the race which is part of the celebration of the Luperacal?
The Romans believed that if a woman was touched by one of the runners in the race at the Lupercal it would make her fertile. Presumably Caesar was interested in hearing the pitter patter of little feet.
Caesar ask Antony to touch Calpurnia to shake off their sterile curse :)
An old Roman superstition held that if a woman were touched by a runner in the Lupercalia race, she would become fertile and have babies. Antony is running in that race, and Caesar wants his wife to have babies.
It's the festival of the Lupercal. There was a superstition that a woman touched by one of the runners in the race on the Lupercal would become fertile. Caesar wants Calpurnia to have babies.
Caesar hoped that Calpurnia would become pregnant. The tradition held that if a woman was touched by one of the racers during the festival of the Lupercal, she would become fertile.
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Who does Caesar ask to strike calpurnia during the foot race of the lupercalia celebration?
Caesar asks Antony to strike Calpurnia during the foot race of the Lupercalia celebration because it was believed that being touched by a whip during the race could enhance fertility. Calpurnia allowed it in the hope of bearing children as she was barren.
What does Caesar ask Antony to do for him while Antony is in the holy chase?
Stand in front of a Calphurnia to cure her inability to have children.
What where Julius Caesar's superstitions that he wanted Antony and Calpurnia to carry out?
Caesar wanted Antony to touch Calpurnia, because the touch of a running Roman man would prevent barrenness. In other words, it would make Calpurnia susceptible to becoming pregnant and eventually giving birth to a child. Caesar was hoping for an heir to his throne in the event that he died.
What does Antony ask to do?
Julius Caesar asks Marc Antony to touch his wife, Calpurnia to cure her from being sterile (unable to bare children)
Why might Caesar ask Antony in front of everyone else?
So then everyone knows that Antony have Caesar's permission to touch Calpurnia (Caesar's wife).
Why does Caesar tell calpernia to stand close to the racers so Antony can touch her?
Antony's touch can make Calphurnia fertile.
In Julius Caesar play who can't have children?
Mrs. Julius Caesar, better known as Calpurnia. The superstition was that if she was touched by one of the racers, like Antony, this problem would be solved.
Who spoke this quotation there is but one mind in all these men and it is Bent against Caesar?
The quotation "there is but one mind in all these men and it is bent against Caesar" is spoken by Mark Antony in Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar." Antony is highlighting the united front of the conspirators against Caesar.
Why does Caesar request Antony touch calpurnia?
to touch her while he's running to make her fertile Caesar has just returned and there is a massive celebration dedicated to him. This includes some sportive competitions which Antony is participating in. He is running in a race or "Lupercal" and the Romans believed that touching a competitor could make a woman fertile by touching her before they start, which is what Caesar tells his loyal friend to do.
Who was Augustus Caesar's wife?
His first wife was Cornelia, second wife Pompeia and third wife Calpurnia.
Who drew Antony away from Caesar?
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Where did Cleopatra and Mark Anthony live?
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