Both Uses of
Cleopatra
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
- He was incensed with his mother Althaea, and therefore stayed at home with his wedded wife fair Cleopatra, who was daughter of Marpessa daughter of Euenus, and of Ides the man then living.†
Book 9
- Meleager, then, stayed at home with Cleopatra, nursing the anger which he felt by reason of his mother's curses.†
Book 9 *
Definition:
last Pharaoh of ancient Egypt; beautiful and charismatic queen; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)