Donkey milk even exist). In addition, the flavour and appearance of donkey milk have been found to be attractive to children. Equid (donkey and horse) milk can be considered a suitable substrate for probiotic beverage production. The use of fermented equid milk is an ancient tradition in central Asia, like koumiss or airag, a fermented mares milk very popular in Asia and Russia; but there are also traditional variants made from donkey milk. In Mongolia, where koumiss is the national drink, people have a saying that ‘kumys cures 40 diseases’. It is said that Cleopatra, Queen of Ancient Egypt, took baths in
Charmion (servant to Cleopatra) diadem. And when one that came in said angrily, "Was this well done of your lady, Charmion?" "Extremely well," she answered, "and as became the descendant of so many kings"; and as she said this, she fell down dead by the bedside. Charmion has been dramatized numerous times alongside Cleopatra, most notably in William Shakespeare's tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra" (as "Charmian" or ). Shakespeare's final line for Charmian derives from Plutarch. It is well done, and fitting for a princess<br> Descended of so many royal kings. A lost 1917 silent film "Cleopatra" featured Dorothy Drake as Charmian, and Eleanor Phelps