Cleopatra VII of Egypt

Cleopatra VII Philopator (Κλεοπάτρα θεά φιλοπάτωρ, December, 70 BC or January, 69 BC–August 12?, 30 BC) was queen of ancient Egypt. She was the last member of the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty and hence the last Greek ruler of Egypt. Her father was Ptolemy XII Auletes. The name "Cleopatra" is Greek for "father's glory"; her full name, "Cleopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, Beloved of Her Father."

External links

General

• Cleopatra on the Web - Some 470 resources, including ancient and modern pictures.
• Cleopatra VII Philopator ancient sources
• Cleopatra VII (VI) at LacusCurtius — (Chapter XIII of E. R. Bevan's House of Ptolemy, 1923)
• Cleopatra - a Victorian children's book by Jacob Abbott, 1852, Project Gutenberg edition.
• Genealogy of Cleopatra VII
• James Grout: Cleopatra, part of the Encyclopædia Romana

Paintings of Cleopatra

• Sir Thomas Browne: Of the Picture describing the death of Cleopatra (1672)
• John Sartain: On the Antique Portrait of Cleopatra (1818)