英语词汇mark antony-s wig的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Mark Antony’s wig. Cleopatra reputedly gave the virile but balding Mark Antony a wig made of her pubic hairs, and Mark Antony’s wig was later brought back to Rome. Accord- ing to the old story, this wig was worn by many Roman em- perors on “revel evenings” and finally presented to the pope by Constantine in 328. The papal treasures supposedly in- cluded a sporran of pubic hair that the queen of Sheba had lost to Solomon in a riddling contest, and this was allegedly added to the wig and presented to England’s licentious Charles II by Pope Clement X as part of an attempt to convert his kingdom to Catholicism. Charles, it is said, added pubic hairs plucked from his mistresses before he tired of plucking and gave the wig to the earl of Moray, who donated it to his club of ribald rakehells called the Ancient and Most Puisant Order of the Beggar’s Benison and Merryland. There the head of the order wore the wig at all ceremonies, and initiates were re- quired to augment it with pubic hairs of their wives or mis- tresses. Mark Antony’s wig was last heard of when some members of the order reportedly absconded with it in 1775 and formed a new group called The Wig Club. See cleopatra’s pearl.

词汇	mark antony-s wig
词源	Mark Antony’s wig. Cleopatra reputedly gave the virile but balding Mark Antony a wig made of her pubic hairs, and Mark Antony’s wig was later brought back to Rome. Accord- ing to the old story, this wig was worn by many Roman em- perors on “revel evenings” and finally presented to the pope by Constantine in 328. The papal treasures supposedly in- cluded a sporran of pubic hair that the queen of Sheba had lost to Solomon in a riddling contest, and this was allegedly added to the wig and presented to England’s licentious Charles II by Pope Clement X as part of an attempt to convert his kingdom to Catholicism. Charles, it is said, added pubic hairs plucked from his mistresses before he tired of plucking and gave the wig to the earl of Moray, who donated it to his club of ribald rakehells called the Ancient and Most Puisant Order of the Beggar’s Benison and Merryland. There the head of the order wore the wig at all ceremonies, and initiates were re- quired to augment it with pubic hairs of their wives or mis- tresses. Mark Antony’s wig was last heard of when some members of the order reportedly absconded with it in 1775 and formed a new group called The Wig Club. See cleopatra’s pearl.
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