cleopatra sailed up the kydnos river to tarsos in her "thalamegos", inviting antony and his officers for two nights of lavish banquets on board her ship. antony attempted to return the favor on the third night of dining with his own far less luxurious banquet. cleopatra presented herself as the egyptian goddess isis in the appearance of the greek goddess aphrodite, meeting her divine husband osiris in the form of the greek god dionysus, the latter whom the priests of artemis at ephesus had associated with antony prior to this meeting with cleopatra. some surviving coins of cleopatra also depict her as venus–aphrodite. cleopatra managed to clear her name as a supposed supporter of cassius, arguing she had really attempted to help dolabella in syria. at the same time she convinced antony to have her rival sister arsinoe iv dragged from her place of exile at the temple of artemis at ephesus and executed. her former governor of cyprus serapion, who had rebelled against her and joined cassius, was found at tyre and handed over to cleopatra.