[12] Susemihl. Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur in der Alexandrinerzeit.
[13] In hieroglyphs the name reads Kleopadra. It is a Greek name, meaning “Glory of her Race.”
[14] Representations of Cleopatra or other sovereigns of the dynasty dressed in Egyptian costume are probably simply traditional.
[15] Mommsen.
[16] Or do I wrong the hero of Utica?
[17] Porphyry says he died in the eighth year of Cleopatra’s reign, and Josephus states that he was fifteen years of age at his death. This would make him about seven years old at Cleopatra’s accession, which seems probable enough.
[18] He had been Consul with Julius Cæsar in 59.
[19] The end of September, owing to irregularities in the calendar, of which we shall presently hear more, corresponded to the middle of July.
[20] According to Plutarch and others; but the incident is not mentioned in Cæsar’s memoirs.
[21] I do not know any record of what became of the 2000 men of Pompey’s bodyguard. They probably fled back to Europe on the death of their commanding officer.