CLEMENTI'NA _(The Lady_), an amiable, delicate, beautiful, accomplished, but unfortunate woman, deeply in love with Sir Charles Grandison. Sir Charles married Harriet Byron.--S. Richardson, _The History of Sir Charles Grandison_ (1753). Cle'ofas (_Don_), the hero of a novel by Lesage, entitled _Le Diable Boiteux_ (_The Devil on Two Sticks_). A fiery young Spaniard, proud, high-spirited and revengeful; noted for gallantry but not without generous sentiment. Asmode'us (4 _syl_.) shows him what is going on in private families by unroofing the houses (1707). CLEOM'BROTUS or Ambracio'ta of Ambrac'ia, (in Epirus). Having read Plato's book on the soul's immortality and happiness in another life, he was so ravished with the description that he leaped into the sea that he might die and enjoy Plato's elysium. He who to enjoy Plato's elysium leaped into the sea, Cleombrotus. Milton, _Paradise Lost_, iii. 471, etc. (1665). CLEOM'ENES (4 _syl_.), the hero and title of a drama by Dryden (1692). As Dryden came out of the theatre a young fop of fashion said to him: "If I had been left alone with a young beauty, I would not have spent my time like your Spartan hero." "Perhaps not," said the poet, "but you are not my hero."--W. C. Russell, _Representative Actors_. _Cleom'enes_ (4 _syl_.). "The Venus of Cleomenês" is now called "The Venus de Medici." Such a mere moist lump was once ... "the Venus of Cleomenês."--Ouida, _Ariadné_, i. 8. CLE'ON, governor of Tarsus, burnt to death with his wife Dionys'ia by the enraged citizens, to revenge the supposed murder of Mari'na, daughter of Per'iclês, Prince of Tyre.--Shakespeare, _Pericles, Prince of Tyre_ (1608). _Cle'on_, the personification of Glory.--Spenser, _Faëry Queen_. CLEOP'ATRA, Queen of Egypt, wife of Ptolemy Dionysius, her brother. She was driven from her throne, but re-established by Julius Cæsar, B.C. 47. Antony, captivated by her, repudiated his wife, Octavia, to live with the fascinating Egyptian. After the loss of the battle of Actium, Cleopatra killed herself by an asp. E. Jodelle wrote in French a tragedy called _Cléopâtre Captive_ (1550); Jean Mairet one called _Cléopâtre_ (1630); Isaac de Benserade (1670); J. F. Marmontel (1750), and Mde. de Girardin (1847) wrote tragedies in French on the same subject. S. Daniel (1600) wrote a tragedy in English called _Cleopatra_; Shakespeare one called _Antony and Cleopatra_ (1608); and Dryden one on the same subject, called _All for Love_ or _the World Well Lost_ (1682). [Illustration] Mrs. Oldfield (1683-1730) and Peg (Margaret) Woffington (1718-1760) were unrivalled in this character. _Cleopatra and the Pearl_. The tale is that Cleopatra made a sumptuous banquet, which excited the surprise of Antony; whereupon the queen took a pearl ear-drop, dissolved it in a strong acid and drank the liquor to the health of the triumvir, saying: "My draught to Antony shall exceed in value the whole banquet."