Wie wird Kleopatra dargestellt?

Kleopatra wird als sexuell ausschweifend, unreif, despotisch und unvernünftig dargestellt. Es klingt wieder das Klischee der orientalischen Femme fatale an. Ihrer politischen Rolle hingegen ist sie nicht gewachsen.

Wie wurde Kleopatra begraben?

Da liegt es doch nahe, dass Kleopatra in einem Tempel beerdigt werden wollte, der mit Isis und ihrem Göttergatten Osiris in direkter Verbindung stand. Die Legionen des Octavian hatten ihre Hauptstadt Alexandria besetzt und rückten weiter vor, sie und ihr geliebter Antonius begingen daher Selbstmord.

Was Cleopatra a descendant of Alexander the Great?

Cleopatra. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. After the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the Hellenistic period that had lasted since the reign of Alexander (336–323 BC).

How did Cleopatra rule after her father died?

When her father, Ptolemy XII, died in 51 BCE, Cleopatra and her brother, Ptolemy XIII, coruled until she was forced to flee, about 50 BCE. Aided by Julius Caesar, her lover, she returned to power upon her brother’s death in 47. She ruled with her brother-husband, Ptolemy XIV, and then with her son Caesarion.

When did Cleopatra give birth to her second child?

In 36 BC, Cleopatra accompanied Antony to the Euphrates in his journey toward invading the Parthian Empire. She then returned to Egypt, perhaps due to her advanced state of pregnancy. By the summer of 36 BC, she had given birth to Ptolemy Philadelphus, her second son with Antony.

What happened to Cleopatra’s sister Tryphaena?

Cleopatra Tryphaena disappears from official records a few months after the birth of Cleopatra in 69 BC. The three younger children of Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra’s sister Arsinoe IV and brothers Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator and Ptolemy XIV, were born in the absence of his wife.