Publication date 1632 Originally published 1632 Page count 344 Country Italy | Publisher Sarzina (Italy) Pages 344 Genre Epic poetry | |
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Preceded by L'Iride, per le nozze serenissime di Maria Farnese Principessa di Parma e Francesco d'Este Duca di Modena. Canzone, Reggio, Flaminio Bartoli, 1631 Epic poetry books Il Conquisto di Granata, Aeneid, The Conference of the Birds, Arundhati, Paradise Lost | ||
La Cleopatra /lʌklɛɒpˈɑːtrʌ/ is an epic poem in 13 songs by Girolamo Graziani (1604 - 1674). The work was very successful at the time and was praised by many famous writers, including Fulvio Testi.
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The Plot
It deals with the story of love and war of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. It is full of pathetic-sentimental scenes that drag towards the end granted with the final double suicide (Cleopatra commits suicide, after witnessing the suicide of Mark Antony).
Curiosity
It contains a prophecy in which Proteus vaticinates the Este's Kinship from Augustus.
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