Meaning of Cleopatra | Babel Free

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1. The butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra of the family Pieridae.
2. A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line.
3. A woman of great seductive beauty.
4. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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5. A variety of apple.
6. The Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra).

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“Inanna becomes the archetype for all the Cleopatras to come; she is "the bitch goddess" who from her first appearance in Sumerian civilization will live on in all other civilizations - in myth and legend, novel and poem, Shakespearean play and Hollywood film.”

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