From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cleopatra of Egypt depicted in culture
Cleopatra has frequently been the subject of literature, films, plays, television programs, and art. Only those with Wikipedia articles are cited.
Advertising
Art
Cleopatra VII wearing a
diadem and 'melon' hairstyle similar to
coinage portraits , marble, found near the
Tomba di Nerone , Rome along the
Via Cassia ,
Museo Pio-Clementino ,
Vatican Museums
Cleopatra as a Goddess; 1st century BC
An ancient Roman wall painting in Room 71 of the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus at
Pompeii , Italy, showing
Venus with a
cupid 's arms wrapped around her. It is most likely a depiction of
Cleopatra VII of
Ptolemaic Egypt as
Venus Genetrix , with her son
Caesarion as a cupid. It was most likely painted in conjunction with the September 46 BC foundation of the
Temple of Venus Genetrix in the
Forum of Caesar by
Julius Caesar , where he erected a gilded statue depicting Queen Cleopatra (as described by
Appian and
Dio Cassius ).
An
engraving depicting Cleopatra VII by French artist
Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648–1711), based on a
medallion of Cleopatra dated to the
Hellenistic period of antiquity
La morte di Cleopatra by
Cagnacci
Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners by
Alexandre Cabanel (1887).
Poster for the film
Cleopatra (1917), starring
Theda Bara
The Triumph of Cleopatra , by
William Etty , 1821, now in the
Lady Lever Art Gallery ,
Port Sunlight
The Banquet of Cleopatra , by
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo , 1744,
National Gallery of Victoria , Melbourne
[4]
The Banquet of Cleopatra was a frequently used subject in art, mainly of the
Baroque period.
Cleopatra, 1934 calendar art by
Edward M. Eggleston .
Astronomy
Ballet
The 1909 Cléopâtre costume designed by
Léon Bakst for
Ida Rubinstein .
Beauty and fashion
Celebrities
Comics
Documentaries
Educational cultural depictions
Layla Taj in Wings of Isis , part of Journey Down the Nile, performed under the auspices of The Egyptian Cultural Performing Arts Society
Journey Down The Nile : a film, lecture, and cultural dance program, by
Layla Taj
Film
Theda Bara in
Cleopatra (1917)
Claudette Colbert in
Cleopatra (1934)
Vivien Leigh in
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Elizabeth Taylor in
Cleopatra (1963)
The headdress for Elizabeth Taylor in
Cleopatra (1963). This film's costume design garnered an
Oscar for
Irene Sharaff .
Games
Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome : The campaign in "Pax Romana: 1. Actium" has a history section that talks about Antony and Cleopatra falling in love, the navy battle in Egypt, and their downfall by suicide. The player must sink Cleopatra's barge in order to win the campaign.
Anachronism Set 2 includes Cleopatra.
Assassin's Creed II : In the backstory of the game, Cleopatra is included in a list of tyrannical rulers targeted by the assassins. She is killed by a female assassin named Amunet, who assassinates her using an asp to make the queen's death appear to be a suicide.
Assassin's Creed Origins : Cleopatra plays a more active role in the story of this later entry to the franchise, first as an ally to the Hidden Ones, a predecessor to the Assassin Brotherhood, and later as an enemy along with
Julius Caesar . Her killer Amunet, once known as Aya of
Alexandria , also plays a major role as a leader of the Hidden Ones and ex-wife of the protagonist,
Bayek of Siwa .
BreakAway 's and
Impressions 's Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile (2000)
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone – Cleopatra appears as an end boss in the final level of the arcade game.
Cleopatra and the Society of Architects
Cleopatra Fortune
Civilization II
Civilization III
Civilization VI
Civilization Revolution
Cleopatra is a playable character in the Mobile/PC Game
Rise of Kingdoms .
Dante's Inferno
Fate/Grand Order : Cleopatra is an Assassin class servant. She is the antagonist of a Halloween event, where she wishes to reunite with Caesar and is dismayed to find that he has grown fat.
Kheops Studio 's Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny (2007)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Scribblenauts and its sequels
Shadow of Rome : Iris and Charmian, twins who appear throughout the game who employ the character Sextus and his gladiators, are implied to be working for Cleopatra, even though it is never confirmed.
Total War: Rome II
International Game Technology has a series of Cleopatra slot machines.
Literature
Dante Alighieri :
Inferno (1321)
Jacob Abbott : Cleopatra (1879)
Giovanni Boccaccio : "Cleopatrae, Aegypti Reginae" (from
De mulieribus claris )
Gillian Bradshaw : Cleopatra's Heir
Charlotte Brontë :
Villette , Lucy is mortified at seeing a semi-nude painting of Cleopatra
Pat Brown (criminal profiler) : The Murder of Cleopatra: History's Greatest Cold Case (2013)
[54]
Mary Butts : Scenes from the Life of Cleopatra (1935)
Jeffrey K. Gardner:
Cleopatra
Georg Ebers : Kleopatra (1894)
Karen Essex : Kleopatra (2001) and Pharaoh (2002)
Colin Falconer : When We Were Gods (2000)
Sarah Fielding : The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia (1758)
Théophile Gautier : "Un Nuit de Cléopâtre" (1838)
Margaret George :
The Memoirs of Cleopatra (1997)
Delphine de Girardin : Cléopâtre (1847)
Kristiana Gregory : The Royal Diaries: Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C.
Henry Gréville : Cléopâtre (1886)
H. Rider Haggard :
Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis
E. E. Y. Hales :
Chariot of Fire (1977
Fantasy novel) (sent to Hell after her death, Cleopatra plans a revolution against Satan)
Margaret Carver Leighton : Cleopatra: Sister of the Moon (1969)
Michael Livingston :
The Shards of Heaven (2015)
[55]
[56]
Emil Ludwig : Kleopatra: Geschichte einer Königin (1937)
Colleen McCullough :
Caesar: Let the Dice Fly ,
The October Horse , and
Antony and Cleopatra
Michelle Moran : Cleopatra's Daughter (2009)
Talbot Mundy : Queen Cleopatra (1929)
Ray Nelson : "Blake's Progress", an
Alternate History - Cleopatra wins at
Actium , leading to a future of a Greek-speaking,
Isis -worshiping world civilization
Plutarch : Life of Antony
Francine Prose :
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth (2022)
François Rabelais : Cléopâtre dans l'Hadès (1553)
Steven Saylor :
The Judgment of Caesar
Stacy Schiff : Cleopatra: A Life (2010)
[57]
John Maddox Roberts :
The Princess and the Pirates
Thornton Wilder :
The Ides of March
Music
Madonna on a throne during the entrance of the
2012 Super Bowl Halftime Show , in a Cleopatra-inspired theme and outfit
[58]
Opera
Plays
Poetry
Television
African Queens (2023) (
Adele James )
Antonio e Cleopatra (1965) (
Valeria Valeri )
Antony and Cleopatra (1974)
Royal Shakespeare Company (
Janet Suzman )
Antony and Cleopatra (1981)
BBC Television Shakespeare (
Jane Lapotaire )
Antony and Cleopatra (1983) (
Lynn Redgrave )
Astro Boy (1980): "The Return of Queen Cleopatra" (Season 1, Episode 31)
Bewitched (1969) "Samantha's Caesar Salad", Samantha conjures up Cleopatra (
Elizabeth Thompson ) to try to persuade Julius Caesar to return to his time.(S6.E3)
[66]
Cleopatra (
Leonor Varela )
[67]
Cleopatra (2010) (
Sulaf Fawakherji )
Cleopatra in Space (2019), an animated children's series
The Cleopatras (
Michelle Newell )
Clone High : (
Cleopatra "Cleo" Smith ; voiced by
Christa Miller and
Mitra Jouhari )
The Danny Thomas Show : "The Singing Sisters", as Kathy badgers Danny to audition a pair of singing nuns, he tells her "Okay, Cleopatra, get that snake away from me."
Doctor Who :
Fantasy Island : "My Fair Pharaoh", a woman (
Joan Collins ) wants to be Cleopatra
General Electric Theater : "Caesar and Cleopatra" (
Piper Laurie )
Giulio Cesare (1990) (
Susan Larson )
Hallmark Hall of Fame : "Caesar and Cleopatra" (
Geneviève Bujold )
Histeria! (voiced by
Tress MacNeille )
Horrible Histories (
Martha Howe-Douglas /
Kathryn Drysdale )
Imperium: Augustus (Anna Valle)
Julius Caesar (Samuela Sardo)
Legends of the Hidden Temple : "The Snake Bracelet of Cleopatra"
Meeting of Minds : "Queen Cleopatra/
Theodore Roosevelt /
Thomas Aquinas /
Thomas Paine " (
Jayne Meadows )
The Morecambe & Wise Show : "Season 5, Episode 5" (
Glenda Jackson )
Mujeres Insólitas : "La Sierpe del Nilo" (
Rocío Dúrcal )
Producers' Showcase : "Caesar and Cleopatra" (
Claire Bloom )
Puella Magi Madoka Magica : Episode 11
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Rome (2005–07) (
Lyndsey Marshal )
[67]
The Spread of the Eagle (1963) (TV series) (
Mary Morris )
The New Addams Family : "Cleopatra, Green of the Nile" (Adam Behr and Nicholas Podbrey)
The Supersizers... : "The Supersizers Eat...Ancient Rome" (
Sue Perkins )
Teen Angel : "Honest Abe and Popular Steve" (Sue Giosa)
You Are There : "The Death of Cleopatra" (
Kim Stanley )
Xena: Warrior Princess :
Music video Horrible Histories Song – RA RA Cleopatra
CBBC (about 2009)
Tobacco
References
^
"Whoopi Goldberg as Cleopatra" on
YouTube April 22, 2010
^
"Summer's Eve Ad Campaign" . Summer's Eve . 2013-03-26. Archived from
the original on 2014-05-13.
^
Arcana Academy - Oovoo Commercial - cleopatra on
YouTube May 12, 2014
^ Anderson, Jaynie (2003).
"Tiepolo and Cleopatra" . Tiepolo's Cleopatra . Melbourne: Macmillan Education AU. pp. 11–36.
ISBN
978-1-876832-44-5 – via Google Books partial preview.
^
"Plate" ,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Archived 2007-02-24 at the
Wayback Machine August 21, 2010
^
Cleopatra
Archived 2007-02-24 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston August 21, 2010
^
"Beham, The Death of Cleopatra" ARTBase April 24, 2010
^
Cleopatra Presented with the Head and Limbs of Her Own Child ,
J. Paul Getty Museum August 18, 2010
^
The Tomb of Marc Antony and Cleopatra ,
J. Paul Getty Museum August 18, 2010
^
Antony and Cleopatra by Andrea Casali
University of Texas Web Server
Archived 2011-06-12 at the
Wayback Machine August 21, 2010
^
"Chelsea porcelain Cleopatra vase" ,
British Museum May 12, 2010
^
Benvenuto Cellini by Robert Henry Hobart Custby (p. 110) May 12, 2010
^
"Cleopatra" Historia del Arte Erotico.com (in Italian) April 24, 2010
^
"Cleopatra of the Nile" . grapefruitmoongallery.com . 20 January 2016. Artist: Henry Clive Date: 1929 Medium: Oil on gesso panel illustration board Dimensions: Sight Size 23 1/2" X 29 1/2" framed 29" X 35" Condition: Excellent Original Use: Calendar art for the Louis F. Dow Calendar Company
^
"Pin-Up Girls of History – Cleopatra" . grapefruitmoongallery.com . 23 July 2019. Artist: Henry Clive Date: 1946 Medium: Oil on Illustration Board Dimensions: Framed 35" x 43" Sight Size: 20.5" x 28" Condition: Excellent Original Use: Cover for The American Weekly, October 13, 1946
^
a
b
c
d
e
"Cleopatra" (in Italian) April 24, 2010
^
"Illustration to Cleopatra a poem by Swinburne from Cornhill Magazine, 1864"
Archived 2007-02-24 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston August 21, 2010
^
Jacopo de' Barbari, Cleopatra a Drawing and Print ,
British Museum August 18, 2010
^
"Feb 1927 Erté" Pinterest May 12, 2014
^
Cleopatra Thom Buchanan March 19, 2014
^
Basin with Scenes from the Life of Cleopatra ,
J. Paul Getty Museum August 18, 2010
^
"Les reines de la Méditerranée-Cléopâtre" Ministère de l’Éducation nationale April 23, 2010
^
"Cleopatra" .
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . 1873. Retrieved March 5, 2015 .
^
The Banquet of Cleopatra commons.wikimedia.org March 19, 2014
^
"Legendary Women" HowardDavidJohnson.com April 24, 2010
^
Five Women and Four Serpents theoppositeofamoth.blogspot.com April 24, 2010
^
"The Death of Cleopatra by Mazzuoli" ,
Philadelphia Museum of Art April 22, 2010
^
"The Banquet of Cleopatra" Smithsonian American Art Museum March 19, 2014
^
a
b
"Two Tragic Destinies: Cleopatra and Lucretia" pyb.com.au
Archived 2003-04-15 at the
Wayback Machine April 24, 2010
^
"File:Johann Georg Platzer 004.jpg" commons.wikimedia.org March 19, 2014
^
"Valentine Cameron Prinsep" artmagick.com
Archived 2010-04-17 at the
Wayback Machine April 24, 2010
^
"Marcantonio_Raimondi_001.jpg" April 24, 2010
^
"The Death of Cleopatra, lunette, 1531-1532" artchive.com
Archived 2011-06-11 at the
Wayback Machine May 12, 2010
^
"Cleopatra, French Fontainebleau School" ,
National Gallery
Archived 2010-03-24 at the
Wayback Machine April 22, 2010
^
"Cleopatra, Hulton Archive" ,
J. Paul Getty Museum April 22, 2010
^ Pictorial Album; or, Cabinet of Paintings, 1837.
^
"Sirani Cleopatra.JPG" Wikipedia April 24, 2010
^
"Andrea Solari" Web Gallery of Art April 24, 2010
^
"Attributed to Leonello Spada, The Death of Cleopatra"
Christie's August 21, 2010
^
"On the Antique Painting in Encaustic of Cleopatra, Discovered in 1818" by
John Sartain April 22, 2010
^
"Facius" Mobys Newt Ltd
Archived 2014-03-20 at the
Wayback Machine March 19, 2014
^
"A Flemish Historical Tapestry" Christies April 22, 2010
^
"Geraert Peemans" ,
Art Institute of Chicago April 22, 2010
^
"Nationaal Museum voor Kunst en Geschiedenis" . rijksmuseum.nl . Archived from
the original on 2011-06-08.
^
The Art of the Vienna Galleries (p. 286) April 24, 2010
^
The Art of Suicide by Ron M. Brown, p. 53 April 24, 2010
^
"Cleopatra Premiere's March 8, 1908" Ballets Russes blog 22 April 2010
^
"Cleopatra , the new Ballet by Claude-Michel Schönberg & David Nixon" . Northern Ballet. Retrieved 5 June 2011 .
^
"Cleopatra: A New Queen Reigns in Houston" Dance Magazine 3/2000 via findarticles.com 22 April 2010
^
Cleopatra Cream Soap on
Facebook
^
"Tales of Suspense (1959) #44" . Marvel.com . 2011-02-19. Archived from
the original on 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2023-10-26 .
^
Ancients Behaving Badly: Cleopatra on
YouTube ; Retrieved 2023-10-26 .
^
"The Bishop's Wife 1947" . OK.RU . 1947. Retrieved 2023-10-26 .
^ Brown, Pat (2013).
The Murder of Cleopatra: History's Greatest Cold Case . Prometheus Books.
ISBN
9781616146504 .
^
"The Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston" .
Publishers Weekly . Retrieved January 29, 2016 .
^
"Review: The Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston" .
Kirkus Reviews . September 3, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2016 .
^ Schiff, Stacy (2010). Cleopatra: A Life . Little, Brown and Company.
ISBN
978-0316120449 .
^ Pillai, Geetha (February 6, 2012).
"Madonna Dazzles in Cleopatra-like Outfit at Super Bowl" .
International Business Times . Retrieved October 27, 2022 .
^
"Danny Schmidt-Cleopatra" on
YouTube ; Retrieved 2023-10-26 .
^
"Cleopatra had a jazz band" . NYPL Digital Collections . Retrieved 2023-10-26 .
^
Patricia Morrow That's What Love Is from movie Surf Party 1964 on
YouTube (November 18, 2019); Retrieved 2023-10-26 .
^
a
b
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama
E. Cobham Brewer ;
Marion Harland p. 240 23 April 2010
^
"Cleopatra" by Robert Crawford" poemhunter.com 24 April 2010
^ Pictorial Album; or, Cabinet of Paintings, 1837.
^
"Louis Simpson, Early in the Morning" The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry 24 April 2010
^
"Samantha's Caesar Salad, Season 6, Episode 3" . rottentomatoes.com. 1 January 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2023 .
^
a
b Ford, Elizabeth A.; Mitchell, Deborah C. (1 January 2010).
Royal Portraits in Hollywood: Filming the Lives of Queens . University Press of Kentucky.
ISBN
978-0-8131-3903-6 .
^
"Watch Queen Cleopatra" . netflix.com. Retrieved February 12, 2024 .
External links
Stage adaptations Opera On screen Related