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title: Cleopatra as Isis-Aphrodite
author: George Shuklin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8294/cleopatra-as-isis-aphrodite/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Cleopatra as Isis-Aphrodite

_Authored by George Shuklin_

## Image File

[![Cleopatra as Isis-Aphrodite](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8294.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8294.jpg)

## Image Caption

This black basalt statue from [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/) portrays the Ptolemaic queen [Cleopatra VII](https://www.worldhistory.org/Cleopatra_VII/) as [Isis](https://www.worldhistory.org/isis/)-[Aphrodite](https://www.worldhistory.org/Aphrodite/) (c. 51-30 BCE). Most Ptolemaic queens associated themselves with the goddess but none more famously than [Cleopatra](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/cleopatra/). In her own lifetime, she was considered to be the living incarnation of the Isis who was identified as Aphrodite, [Venus](https://www.worldhistory.org/venus/) and [Astarte](https://www.worldhistory.org/astarte/) in various regions of the [Mediterranean](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/mediterranean/). (Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Shuklin, G. (2018, March 14). Cleopatra as Isis-Aphrodite. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8294/cleopatra-as-isis-aphrodite/>
### Chicago
Shuklin, George. "Cleopatra as Isis-Aphrodite." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 14, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8294/cleopatra-as-isis-aphrodite/>.
### MLA
Shuklin, George. "Cleopatra as Isis-Aphrodite." *World History Encyclopedia*, 14 Mar 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8294/cleopatra-as-isis-aphrodite/>.

## License & Copyright

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