Cleopatra
(
*Kleopa/tra).
1. Niece of Attalus, one of the generals of Philip of Macedonia. Philip married her when he divorced Olympias in B. C. 337; and, after his murder, in the next year she was put to death by Olympias, being either compelled to hang herself (Justin,
9.7) or boiled to death in a brazen cauldron. (
Paus. 8.7.5.) Her infant son or daughter, according to Justin, perished with her, being apparently looked upon as a rival to
Alexander. (Just.
l.c., and 9.5;
Diod. 16.93,
17.2;
Plut. Alex. 10.)