# Cleopatra — Character guide

> Key figures in Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard.

- [Harmachis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/harmachis.md): Harmachis is the true-born Pharaoh of the Double Crown, hidden away in the temple of Abouthis and groomed by the old gods' servants to cast down the Macedonian queen. His ascetic training and royal blood make him Egypt's
- [Cleopatra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/cleopatra.md): Cleopatra rules Alexandria with charm as much as with armies, keeping Antony bound to her while weighing every rival as a possible tool or lover. She swears oaths to Harmachis with truthful eyes and kisses his brow, yet 
- [Charmion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/charmion.md): Charmion serves Cleopatra with a devotion that masks a deeper, unspoken passion for Harmachis, the man her mistress will claim. Her jealousy pushes Cleopatra toward deeds of shame and drives her own hand toward betrayal,
- [Antony](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/antony.md): Antony is the Master of the World whose reason has been surrendered to Cleopatra, his passion for her blinding him to Octavian's gathering war. His decline is the political weather of the novel's later arc: his death lea
- [Sepa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/sepa.md): Sepa stands among the elder priests who guard the secret hope of a native Pharaoh and guide Harmachis through the rites that will consecrate him to the task. His authority within the temple network gives the conspiracy i
- [Atoua](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/atoua.md): Atoua is the humble figure who laid the golden uraeus on Harmachis's infant brow and has watched over him since, a storehouse of folk wisdom and hidden knowledge. Her loyalty gives the exiled prince a thread of home even
- [Amenemhat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/amenemhat.md): Amenemhat belongs to the vanished order of native Egyptian nobles who once served the Pharaohs and now chafe under Ptolemaic and Roman rule. His bond with Harmachis is both paternal and prophetic: he appears in visions, 
- [Olympus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/olympus.md): Olympus moves between the palace and the shadows, summoned when the Queen wishes to study death or procure it. He watches Cleopatra test lethal draughts on slaves with a mixture of horror and cold satisfaction, knowing h
- [Brennus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/brennus.md): Brennus commands the Queen's foreign guards, a rough soldier in a court of eunuchs and schemers. When Harmachis fights desperately in the hall, Brennus is the one who, once felled, rises to admire the man and beg for his
- [Quintus Dellius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/quintus_dellius.md): Dellius arrives in Alexandria bearing Antony's letters and immediately performs the courtier's art, feigning speechless awe before Cleopatra's throne. He is described as false-eyed and ever-serving the rising star, a man
- [Paulus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/paulus.md): Roman captain tricked by Harmachis into opening the palace gates.
- [Iras](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/iras.md): Greek attendant of Cleopatra, dies with her.
- [Eudosius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/eudosius.md): Steward of Cleopatra, poisoned by Olympus.
- [Caesarion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/caesarion.md): Young son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.
- [Octavian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/octavian.md): Future Emperor Augustus, enemy of Antony and Cleopatra.
- [Canidius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/canidius.md): Roman general loyal to Antony.
- [Seleucus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/seleucus.md): Cleopatra's treasurer who betrays her to Octavian.
- [Dioscorides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/dioscorides.md): Greek scholar and friend of Olympus.
- [Arsinoë](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/arsinoe.md): Cleopatra's sister, mentioned as a rival.
- [Ptolemy Aulêtes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/ptolemy_aulates.md): Cleopatra's father, former king of Egypt.
- [Menkau-Ra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/menkau_ra.md): Ancient pharaoh whose tomb holds a hidden treasure.
- [Nekt-nebf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/nekt_nebf.md): Pharaoh driven from Egypt by the Persians.
- [Khem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/khem.md): Ancient Egyptian god, personification of Egypt.
- [Eros](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cleopatra_se/characters/eros.md): Antony's loyal servant who helps him commit suicide.

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