Who is said to have committed suicide via an asp bite?
Asp (reptile) hero used winged boots to transport her head to King Polydectes. As he was flying over Egypt, some of her blood fell to the ground which spawned asps and Amphisbaena. According to Plutarch, Cleopatra tested various deadly poisons on condemned people and concluded that the bite of the asp (from aspis—Egyptian cobra, not European asp) was the least terrible way to die; the venom brought sleepiness and heaviness without spasms of pain. The asp is perhaps most famous for its alleged role in Cleopatra's suicide after Mark Antony (her husband) killed himself by falling on his sword due to a
The Last Time I Committed Suicide The Last Time I Committed Suicide The Last Time I Committed Suicide is a 1997 drama directed by Stephen T. Kay. Based on an 1950 letter written by Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac, it stars Thomas Jane as Cassady. The cast also includes Keanu Reeves, Adrien Brody, Gretchen Mol and Claire Forlani. The action of the letter took place in 1946, when Cassady was 20. Told from Neal Cassady's (Thomas Jane) perspective, in a form of a letter, the film follows his life before and after the suicide attempt by his longtime lover, Joan (Claire Forlani). Demonstrating Neal's active mind