Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC

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The death of Cleopatra. Etching by or after A. Hirschvogel, 1547.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is shown lying on her bed grasping the tail of the asp with her left hand. Line engraving by R. Strange after a painting by Guido Reni, 1753.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is standing next to her bed grasping the tail of the asp with her right hand. Line engraving by G. Rivera after F. Pieraccini after a painting by Guido Reni.

The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp is wriggling up the left arm of the sleeping Cleopatra. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after a statue in the Vatican.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is shown seated on a chair with the asp wriggling up her left arm while her maid shields her face in a gesture of horror and grief. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 175-, after C. Netscher.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Roman soldiers discover Cleopatra lying dead on her bed with the asp wriggling on her left arm and her dead maid lying next to the bed. Line engraving by E. Smith after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra holding the asp in her left hand. Stipple engraving by Sherwin after G.B. Cipriani.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is standing next to her bed holding the asp in her left hand. Line engraving by N. Mire after J.B. Wicar after G. Reni, 1788.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is lying dead on her bed, mourned by a servant. Etching by G.B. Cipriani after B. Cellini.

Priapeia, sive diversorum poetarum in Priapum lusus / illustrati commentariis Gasperis Schoppii, Franci. L. Apuleii Madaurensis Anezomenos, ab eodem illustratus ... Ut et Heraclii Imperatoris, Sophoclis, Sophistae, C. Antonii, Q. Sorani, et Cleopatrae Reginae, epistolae, de propudiosa Cleopatrae Reginae libidine. Huic editioni accedunt Josephi Scaligeri in Priapeia commentarii, ac Friderici Linden-bruch in eadem notae.

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