Cleopatra
- 69–30 b.c., queen of Egypt 51–49, 48–30.
- a female given name: from Greek words meaning “fame” and “father.”
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Contemporary Examples of cleopatra
Remember the fiasco of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Cleopatra?
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December 24, 2013
Schiff, for instance, conjures a scene with the young Cleopatra “scampering down the colonnaded walkways of the palace.”
This document was unknown in 1985 when the last page was closed on my seventh Cleopatra.
Mark Antony supposedly gave the island to Cleopatra as a gift, and King Richard the Lionheart wed Queen Joanna there in 1191.
Later at the Pendleton home, the mother, Cleopatra Crowley-Pendleton, spoke of a daughter who loved reading and writing and Latin.
Historical Examples of cleopatra
What magic in the utterance, what a revelation of Cleopatra's character and of Shakespeare's!
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
But to have been Caesar's mistress was Cleopatra's chief title to fame.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
The whole scene is a libel upon Cleopatra and upon womanhood.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
It is this greatness of soul in Cleopatra which Shakespeare has now to portray.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
Mary Fitton was finer than his portraits; we want her soul, and do not get it even in Cleopatra.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
cleopatra
- a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
Cleopatra
- ?69–30 bc, queen of Egypt (51–30), renowned for her beauty: the mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony. She killed herself with an asp to avoid capture by Octavian (Augustus)
Word Origin and History for cleopatra
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
A queen of Egypt (see also Egypt) in the first century b.c., famous for her beauty, charm, and luxurious living. She lived for some time in Rome with Julius Caesar. For several years after Caesar was assassinated, she lived in Egypt with the Roman politician Mark Antony. Antony killed himself on hearing a false report that she was dead. After Antony's death, Cleopatra committed suicide by allowing an asp, a poisonous snake, to bite her.