La Cleopatra (poem)

 La Cleopatra is an epic poem in 13 songs by Girolamo Graziani (1604–1674). The work was very successful at the time and was praised by many famous writers, including Fulvio Testi.

The Plot
It deals with the story of love and war of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. It is full of pathetic-sentimental scenes that drag towards the end granted with the final double suicide (Cleopatra commits suicide, after witnessing the suicide of Mark Antony).

Curiosity
It contains a prophecy in which Proteus vaticinates the Este's Kinship from Augustus.

Editions

 * Venice, Sarzina, 1632
 * Venice, 1633
 * Bologna, Per Carlo Zenero, 1652
 * Venice, Francesco Brogiollo, 1670