Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III as Isis 140-110 BCE

"Ptolemy Physcon, when he saw that his sister Cleopatra was so great an enemy to him, and could not revenge himself otherwise upon her, contrived a most abominable piece of villainy for that purpose. For, imitating the cruelty of Medeia, he murdered her son, begotten by himself, in Cyprus; the son was called Memphites, and was still a young boy. Not content with this, he committed a far more wicked act: for cutting up the child's limbs, he put them in a chest and delivered them to one of his guards to be conveyed to Alexandria. He commanded that in the night before Cleopatra's birthday, which was then near at hand, the chest should be set down at the palace gates. When this was done and the circumstances became known, Cleopatra was distraught, and all the people were in a great rage against Ptolemy."

-Diodorus Siculus: Books 34 & 35, section 14 ( fragments covering the period 134 - 105 B.C. )

Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III as Isis 140-110 BCE. Marble, H. 37 cm (14 ½ in.). The Louvre.

Source:

https://www.livius.org/pictures/a/greek-portraits/cleopatra-ii-or-iii-as-isis/

http://emilykq.weebly.com/blog/cleopatra-ii

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_of_a_statuette_(Cleopatra_I,_Cleopatra_II_or_Berenice_III)_a_Lagid_queen_as_Isis%3F,_2nd_century_BC%3F,_discovered_at_El_Ashmunein_(ancient_Hermopolis),_Egypt,_Louvre_Museum_(7462962150).jpg

https://www.art-prints-on-demand.com/a/egyptian-ptolemaic-period/bust-of-cleopatra-ii-172.html

http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=20683

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lagid_queen_Isis_Ma3546_n2.jpg

 

Quote:

http://www.attalus.org/translate/diodorus34.html#14