title: Cleopatra Alcyone
text: # Cleopatra Alcyone
  
  Cleopatrē Alcyone (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρη Ἀλκυόνη, romanized: Kleopátrē Alkuónē) was the daughter of Idas and Marpessa and the wife of Meleager.
  
  ## Mythology
  
  When the war between the Calydonians and the Curetes broke out, Cleopatra persuaded her husband, Meleager, to defend the city of Calydon against the attack. This eventually resulted to the hero's demise and afterwards, Alcyone died of grief or hanged herself for it.
  
  