Cleopatra has frequently been the subject of literature, films, plays, television programs, and art. Only those with Wikipedia articles are cited.
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Art
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Ballet
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Celebrities
Comics
Documentaries
Educational cultural depictions
- Journey Down The Nile: a film, lecture, and cultural dance program, by Layla Taj
Film
Games
- ': The campaign in "Pax Romana: 1. Actium" has a history section that talks about Antony and Cleopatra falling in love, the navy battle in Egypt, and their downfall by suicide. The player must sink Cleopatra's barge in order to win the campaign.
- Anachronism Set 2 includes Cleopatra.
- Assassin's Creed II: In the backstory of the game, Cleopatra is included in a list of tyrannical rulers targeted by the assassins. She is killed by a female assassin named Amunet, who assassinates her using an asp to make the queen's death appear to be a suicide.
- Assassin's Creed Origins: Cleopatra plays a more active role in the story of this later entry to the franchise, first as an ally to the Hidden Ones, a predecessor to the Assassin Brotherhood, and later as an enemy along with Julius Caesar. Her killer Amunet, once known as Aya of Alexandria, also plays a major role as a leader of the Hidden Ones and ex-wife of the protagonist, Bayek of Siwa.
- BreakAway's and Impressions's Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile (2000)
- ' â Cleopatra appears as an end boss in the final level of the arcade game.
- Cleopatra and the Society of Architects
- Cleopatra Fortune
- Civilization II
- Civilization III
- Civilization VI
- Civilization Revolution
- Cleopatra is a playable character in the Mobile/PC Game Rise of Kingdoms.
- Dante's Inferno
- Fate/Grand Order: Cleopatra is an Assassin class servant. She is the antagonist of a Halloween event, where she wishes to reunite with Caesar and is dismayed to find that he has grown fat.
- Kheops Studio's Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny (2007)
- Scribblenauts and its sequels
- Shadow of Rome: Iris and Charmian, twins who appear throughout the game who employ the character Sextus and his gladiators, are implied to be working for Cleopatra, even though it is never confirmed.
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- International Game Technology has a series of Cleopatra slot machines.
Literature
- Dante Alighieri: Inferno (1321)
- Jacob Abbott: Cleopatra (1879)
- Giovanni Boccaccio: "Cleopatrae, Aegypti Reginae" (from De mulieribus claris)
- Gillian Bradshaw: Cleopatra's Heir
- Charlotte Brontë: Villette, Lucy is mortified at seeing a semi-nude painting of Cleopatra
- Pat Brown (criminal profiler): The Murder of Cleopatra: History's Greatest Cold Case (2013)
- Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life of Cleopatra (1935)
- Jeffrey K. Gardner: Cleopatra
- Georg Ebers: Kleopatra (1894)
- Karen Essex: Kleopatra (2001) and Pharaoh (2002)
- Colin Falconer: When We Were Gods (2000)
- Sarah Fielding: The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia (1758)
- Joann Fletcher: Cleopatra the Great (2008)
- Théophile Gautier: Un Nuit de Cléopâtre (1838)
- Margaret George: The Memoirs of Cleopatra (1997)
- Delphine de Girardin: Cléopâtre (1847)
- Kristiana Gregory: The Royal Diaries: Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C.
- Henry Gréville: Cléopâtre (1886)
- H. Rider Haggard: Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis
- E. E. Y. Hales: Chariot of Fire (1977 Fantasy novel) (sent to Hell after her death, Cleopatra plans a revolution against Satan)
- Mary Hamer: Signs of Cleopatra (1993)
- Margaret Carver Leighton: Cleopatra: Sister of the Moon (1969)
- Michael Livingston: The Shards of Heaven (2015)
- Emil Ludwig: Kleopatra: Geschichte einer Königin (1937)
- Colleen McCullough: Caesar: Let the Dice Fly, The October Horse, and Antony and Cleopatra
- Michelle Moran: Cleopatra's Daughter (2009)
- Talbot Mundy: Queen Cleopatra (1929)
- Ray Nelson: "Blake's Progress", an Alternate History - Cleopatra wins at Actium, leading to a future of a Greek-speaking, Isis-worshiping world civilization
- Plutarch: Life of Antony
- Francine Prose: ' (2022)
- François Rabelais: Cléopâtre dans l'Hadès (1553)
- Steven Saylor: The Judgment of Caesar
- Stacy Schiff: Cleopatra: A Life (2010)
- John Maddox Roberts: The Princess and the Pirates
- Thornton Wilder: The Ides of March
Music
Opera
Plays
Poetry
Television
- African Queens (2023) (Adele James)
- Antonio e Cleopatra (1965) (Valeria Valeri)
- Antony and Cleopatra (1974) Royal Shakespeare Company (Janet Suzman)
- Antony and Cleopatra (1981) BBC Television Shakespeare (Jane Lapotaire)
- Antony and Cleopatra (1983) (Lynn Redgrave)
- Astro Boy (1980): "The Return of Queen Cleopatra" (Season 1, Episode 31)
- Bewitched (1969) "Samantha's Caesar Salad", Samantha conjures up Cleopatra (Elizabeth Thompson) to try to persuade Julius Caesar to return to his time.(S6.E3)
- Cleopatra (Leonor Varela)
- Cleopatra (2010) (Sulaf Fawakherji)
- Cleopatra in Space (2019), an animated children's series
- The Cleopatras (Michelle Newell)
- Clone High: (Cleopatra "Cleo" Smith; voiced by Christa Miller and Mitra Jouhari)
- The Danny Thomas Show: "The Singing Sisters", as Kathy badgers Danny to audition a pair of singing nuns, he tells her "Okay, Cleopatra, get that snake away from me."
- Doctor Who:
- "The Pandorica Opens", River Song poses as Cleopatra several decades after her death
- "The Husbands of River Song", it is implied that The Doctor was once married to Cleopatra
- Fantasy Island: "My Fair Pharaoh", a woman (Joan Collins) wants to be Cleopatra
- General Electric Theater: "Caesar and Cleopatra" (Piper Laurie)
- Giulio Cesare (1990) (Susan Larson)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Caesar and Cleopatra" (Geneviève Bujold)
- Histeria! (voiced by Tress MacNeille)
- Horrible Histories (Martha Howe-Douglas/Kathryn Drysdale/Jessica Ransom/Emily Lloyd-Saini)
- ' (Anna Valle)
- Julius Caesar (Samuela Sardo)
- Legends of the Hidden Temple: "The Snake Bracelet of Cleopatra"
- Meeting of Minds: "Queen Cleopatra/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas/Thomas Paine" (Jayne Meadows)
- The Morecambe & Wise Show: "Season 5, Episode 5" (Glenda Jackson)
- Mujeres Insólitas: "La Sierpe del Nilo" (RocÃÂo Dúrcal)
- Producers' Showcase: "Caesar and Cleopatra" (Claire Bloom)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Episode 11
- Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Banana Formula pt. 6 (TBA)
- The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show (Grey Griffin)
- Rome (2005âÂÂ07) (Lyndsey Marshal)
- The Spread of the Eagle (1963) (TV series) (Mary Morris)
- The New Addams Family: "Cleopatra, Green of the Nile" (Adam Behr and Nicholas Podbrey)
- The Supersizers...: "The Supersizers Eat...Ancient Rome" (Sue Perkins)
- Teen Angel: "Honest Abe and Popular Steve" (Sue Giosa)
- You Are There: "The Death of Cleopatra" (Kim Stanley)
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- "King of Assassins" (Gina Torres)
- "Antony & Cleopatra" (Jo Davidson/Lucy Lawless)
- Music video Horrible Histories Song â RA RA Cleopatra CBBC (about 2009)
- Queen Cleopatra (Netflix) (2024)
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