THE APOTHEOSIS OF CLEOPATRA VII THEA PHILOPATOR Cleopatra Thea Philopator ascends to you O gods She ascends as one of you O Osiris, welcome your bride O Re, welcome your daughter O Horus, welcome your mother O Nephthys, welcome your sister TraŶsubstaŶtiated by the Uraeus’ flaŵe Coursing through her veins The gates of Heaven open to her The portals of the Duat are flung wide She is enthroned in the Day-Bark Appears gloriously in the Night-Bark Protected by the many-coiled Mehen serpent Soaring aloft Her limbs mingle with her begetter She fraternizes with the stars of Heaven O Mistress of the West O Order of all that is Not dead but living Have you departed For a more exalted throne Edmund S. Meltzer Note: This poem incorporates or paraphrases passages from the Pyramid Texts, the Story of Sinuhe and the pyramidion of Amenemhet III.