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Definition of Cleopatra
1. Noun. Beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC).
Definition of Cleopatra
1. Proper noun. A given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty of Egypt; notably queen Queen (w Cleopatra VII of Egypt Cleopatra VII) of Egypt (69 BC - 30 BC); last of the Ptolemy family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleopatra
Literary usage of Cleopatra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1906)
"Of all Shakespeare's historical plays' (he writes),' " Antony and cleopatra" is
by far the most wonderful. There is not one in which he has followed history ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"The proud cleopatra displayed greater intrepidity than the Liburni, although
their unbending spirit preferred death to the ignominy of captivity, ..."
3. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne (1822)
"Goes to Ephesus, attended by cleopatra, ib. Assembles a fleet of eight ...
Visit Athens, where cleopatra endeavours to outdo Octavia in her favours to the ..."
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