. her sister No. 8 beingdivorced), secondly Antioehus XI. Epiphanes,and thirdly Antioehus X. Eusebes.—10. Daugh-ter of Ptolemy VIII. Lathyrus, usually calledBerenice. [Berenice, No. 4.] —11. Eldestdaughter of Ptolemy Auletes, celebrated for herbeauty and fascination, was 17 at the death ofher father (51), who appointed her heir of hiskingdom in conjunction with her youngerbrother, Ptolemy, whom she was to marry. Shewas expelled from the throne by Pothinus andAchillas, his guardians. She retreated intoSyria, and there collected an arm
. her sister No. 8 beingdivorced), secondly Antioehus XI. Epiphanes,and thirdly Antioehus X. Eusebes.—10. Daugh-ter of Ptolemy VIII. Lathyrus, usually calledBerenice. [Berenice, No. 4.] —11. Eldestdaughter of Ptolemy Auletes, celebrated for herbeauty and fascination, was 17 at the death ofher father (51), who appointed her heir of hiskingdom in conjunction with her youngerbrother, Ptolemy, whom she was to marry. Shewas expelled from the throne by Pothinus andAchillas, his guardians. She retreated intoSyria, and there collected an army with whichshe was preparing to enter Egypt, when Caesararrived in Egypt in pursuit of Pompey, 47(Caes. B. C. iii. 103, 107). Her charms gainedfor her the support of Caesar, who replaced heron the throne in conjunction with her led to the Alexandrine war, in the courseof which young Ptolemy perished (Sell. ; Dio Cass. xlii. 43). Cleopatra thus ob-tained the undivided rule. She was, however,associated by Caesar with another brother of. Cleopatra, (No. 11).O&tt., head of Cleopatra; rev., eagle—legend A2KAA[nxnn]NA2YNOY. In the field the monogram J^J, and the date55 (The head of Cleopatra also appears on a coin oftonius figured on p. 82.) the same name, and still quite a child, to whomshe was also nominally married. She had ason by Caesar, called Caesarion, and she after-wards followed him to Rome, where she appearsto have been at the time of his death, 44. Shethen returned to Egypt, and in 41 she met An-tony in Cilicia. She was now in her 28th year,and in the perfection of matured beauty, which,in conjunction with her talents and eloquence,completely won the heart of Antony, who hence-forth appears as her devoted lover and returned with her to Egypt, but was obligedto leave her for a short time, in order to marryOctavia, the sister of Augustus. But Octaviawas never able to gain his affections ; he soondeserted his wife and returned to Cleo
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