
Francine Prose, Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth (2022)
Prose describes Ptolemy XIII’s murder of Pompey after he fled to Egypt following his loss at the Battle of Pharsalus. This act “not only cost him [Ptolemy] Caesar’s goodwill but would later earn him a special place in Dante’s hell…in the company of Judas Iscariot and Cain.” —Cleopatra, pg. 47 (2022)
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Sighting Citation:
“Francine Prose, Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth (2022).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. July 5, 2025. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/francine-prose-cleopatra-her-history-her-myth-2022/.
Posted July 5, 2025