Cleopatra

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Cleopatra is a proper noun which means:

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Cleopatra is a female name famous, which deals mainly with the queen of ancient Egypt , Cleopatra VII.

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek Cleopatra kleos meaning "celebration" and Patros meaning "head".

Mythological characters

Several characters bear the name in Greek mythology :

• Cleopatra Tros daughter , Princess Trojan ;
• Cleopatra, daughter of Ida , wife of Meleager ;
• Cleopatra daughter of Boreas , the wife of Phineus.

Princesses and sovereign

Kingdom of Macedonia

• Cleopatra , one of seven women of Philip II ( Kingdom of Macedonia );
• Cleopatra , daughter of Philip II and Olympias , sister of Alexander the Great.

Ancient Egypt

The name was given to several princes and rulers of Egypt and the Seleucid kingdom Judea

• Cleopatra of ^Jerusalem, 5th wife of Herod the Great 's mother and Herod Philip II.

Arts and Letters

Literature

• Cleopatra VII was a character in the comic book series Asterix , based on the historical figure. It crosses including Asterix and Cleopatra , and Asterix and Son.
• Blow your nose, Cleopatra ... is a novel Franoise Xenakis (Ed. I have read, April 1988).

Theatre

• Captive Cleopatra is a tragedy of Etienne Jodelle , published in 1574 ;
• Cleopatra is a tragedy of Nicolas de Montreux , published in 1592 ;
• Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy of William Shakespeare , published in 1606 or 1608 ;
• Cleopatra is a play by Sardou and Emile Moreau , founded in 1890 ;
• Caesar and Cleopatra is a play by George Bernard Shaw founded in 1898 and whose title role was taken over in 1946 in London by actress Vivien Leigh.

All these represent Cleopatra Cleopatra VII.

Music

• Cesare e Cleopatra is an opera by Carl Heinrich Graun composed in 1742 ;
• Cleopatra is a cantata (or "opera") for soprano solo and orchestra, composed by Hector Berlioz in 1829 ;
• Cleopatra is a ballet by Michel Fokine , founded in 1909 on various music and scenery and costumes by Leon Bakst ;
• Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt is a musical comedy by Kamel Ouali , founded in 2008 ;

Cinema

• Cleopatra is the title of several films devoted principally to the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.

Miscellaneous

• Cleopatra is the ship that helped transport the obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" of Egypt in England.
• 216 Cleopatra is an asteroid.
• Cleopatra is an impact crater on Venus.
• Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile is a video game.

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