Cleopatra (daughter of Idas)
Cleopatra ( Greek Κλεοπάτρα Cleopátra ) is a figure in Greek mythology .
She was the daughter of Idas and Marpessa , daughter of the river god Euenos , and married the Aetolian hero Meleagros , son of King Oineus of Kalydon (or Ares ) and the Althaia . Because her mother had complained like a kingfisher when she was robbed by Apollo , Cleopatra was called Alkyone by her parents . Cleopatra bore Meleagros a daughter named Polydora , who married the Greek prince Protesilaos . When the Curetes besieged Kalydon, Cleopatra was able to get her husband to forget his anger against his mother and to resume the fight for his hometown, where he died after Kalydon was saved. A variant of the myth is that his mother Althaia and his wife Cleopatra then hanged themselves, but the other women weeping for the hero were turned into birds. The name Alkyone , however, suggests a legend according to which Cleopatra herself was transformed. According to another version, she mourned until she died. Cleopatra is probably depicted on a red-figure vase and other works of art showing the motif of Meleager's death.
literature
- Samson Eitrem : Cleopatra 3). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 1, Stuttgart 1921, Col. 733.