Cleopatra
[,klɪə'pætrə]
Definition
(noun.) beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC).
Edited by Dinah--From WordNet
Examples
- As bad in their way as the indolent gipsy-giantess, the Cleopatra, in hers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A great naval battle at Actium (31 B.C.) was decided by the unexpected desertion of Cleopatra with sixty ships in the midst of the fight. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The ruins of Caesar's Palace, Pompey's Pillar, Cleopatra's Needle, the Catacombs, and ruins of ancient Alexandria will be found worth the visit. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Octavian took the hardier west, and consolidated his power; Antony had the more gorgeous east--and Cleopatra. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Shakespeare, in Anthony and Cleopatra (Act II, Scene 5), makes the latter say, Let us to billiards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Think you Cleopatra would have kept Antony so long her slave, had she not stimulated his love occasionally by giving him cause for jealousy? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- On referring to the catalogue, I found that this notable production bore the name Cleopatra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Where was the artist of the Cleopatra? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- What would you think of a man who looked at some decayed, blind, toothless, pock-marked Cleopatra, and said: What matchless beauty! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Monsieur, too, has been looking at Cleopatra; what does he think of her? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The fate of the chief figures is interwoven with that of Cleopatra. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Plutarch tells of a pitiful scene that occurred at Philip's marriage to Cleopatra. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He approached de Hamal; he paused near him; I thought he had a pleasure in looking over his head; Dr. Bretton, too, gazed on the Cleopatra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Cleopatra the former queen of Egypt. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Finally he found himself and Cleopatra besieged by Octavian in Alexandria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In heaven she will probably sit between the Heloises and the Cleopatras. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typist: Mason