while octavian occupied athens, antony and cleopatra landed at paraitonion in egypt. the couple went their separate ways. antony went to cyrene to raise more troops. cleopatra sailed into the harbor at alexandria in a misleading attempt to portray the activities in greece as a victory. conflicting reports make it unclear if cleopatra had financial difficulties at this juncture or not. some claims, such as robbing temples of their wealth to pay for her military expenditures, were likely augustan propaganda. it is also uncertain if she actually executed artavasdes ii of armenia and sent his head to his rival artavasdes i, king of media atropatene, in an attempt to strike an alliance with him.