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What was Cleopatra's snake's name?
asp, anglicized form of aspis, name used in classical antiquity for a venomous snake, probably the Egyptian cobra, Naja haje. It was the symbol of royalty in Egypt, and its bite was used for the execution of favoured criminals in Greco-Roman times. Cleopatra is said to have killed herself with an asp (see also viper).
Does Cleopatra have a snake?
Many of the ancient depictions of Cleopatra with a cobra, however, were simply showing her reception in the afterlife, he said. It was only in the 15th century that painters first started showing Cleopatra with an asp on her arm, and later, they painted the snake on her breast.
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