Antony and Cleopatra


noun
  1. a tragedy (1606–07?) by Shakespeare.

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Cultural definitions for Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

A tragedy by William Shakespeare. It dramatizes the grand but ill-fated love of the Roman general Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt (see also Egypt).

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