[132] In view of the activities of the Arabs of Petra, it is unlikely that she sent him by the sea route from Suez, which was little used by the merchants.
[134] When dying she is said to have regretted that she did not seek safety in flight.
[135] This seems clearly indicated by Plutarch.
[136] Dion Cassius suggests that Cleopatra did attempt to play into Octavian’s hands, but the accusation is quite unfounded, and is an obvious one to make against the hated enemy.
[137] This fact, the significance of which has been overlooked, is an interesting indication of Cleopatra’s definite claim to be a manifestation of Venus-Aphrodite-Isis. See pp. [121], [144], [228].
[138] The sounds perhaps came from Octavian’s outposts, which were just outside the Gate of Canopus.
[140] Plutarch does not give Serapis as one of the reasons of Octavian’s clemency, but Dion says this was so.