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Cleopatra
[ klee-uh-pa-truh, -pah-, -pey- ]
noun
- 69鈥30 b.c., queen of Egypt 51鈥49, 48鈥30.
- a female given name: from Greek words meaning 鈥渇ame鈥 and 鈥渇ather.鈥
Cleopatra
1/ -藞p蓱藧-; 藢kli藧蓹藞p忙tr蓹 /
noun
- Cleopatra?69 bc30 bcFEgyptianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?69鈥30 bc , queen of Egypt (51鈥30), renowned for her beauty: the mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony. She killed herself with an asp to avoid capture by Octavian (Augustus)
cleopatra
2/ -藞p蓱藧-; 藢kli藧蓹藞p忙tr蓹 /
noun
- a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
Cleopatra
- A queen of Egypt (see also Egypt ) in the first century b.c. , famous for her beauty, charm, and luxurious living. She lived for some time in Rome with Julius Caesar . For several years after Caesar was assassinated, she lived in Egypt with the Roman politician Mark Antony . Antony killed himself on hearing a false report that she was dead. After Antony's death, Cleopatra committed suicide by allowing an asp, a poisonous snake, to bite her.
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Marsh split her time between the U.S. and London during the 1960s, with roles in the film 鈥淐leopatra,鈥 and TV shows such as 鈥淚 Spy,鈥 鈥淭he Twilight Zone,鈥 鈥淒octor Who鈥 and 鈥淭he Informer.鈥
Marsh also had roles in Hollywood films including Cleopatra, Willow and Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy and on TV in Doctor Who.
He went on to be regarded by many as the finest actor ever to emerge from Wales, starring in films including Cleopatra and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Burton, who died in 1984, aged 58, starred in Hollywood blockbuster Cleopatra, and was known for his powerful performances in Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood and Shakespearean stage roles.
The last good book I read was Margaret George鈥檚 鈥淭he Memoirs of Cleopatra.鈥
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