A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Κλεοπάτρα).

1. A daughter of Idas and Marpessa, and wife of Meleager (Hom. Il. 9.556). is said to have hanged herself after her husband's death, or to have died of grief. Her real name was Alcyone. (Apollod. 1.8.3; Hyg. Fab. 174.)