Cleopatra – Chapter 7-tiivistelmä

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1. Harmachis awakens beside the old priest, then spends time in religious study and receives secret visits from political supporters.
2. Thirty-seven leading supporters gather in disguise at Abouthis, including Sepa, whose loud voice exposes him to Harmachis.
3. Amenemhat presents Harmachis’s claims, and witnesses confirm his ancestry, religious standing, character, and his mother’s prophecy.
4. Sepa explains that twenty thousand men await a rising signalled by Cleopatra’s death, and Harmachis accepts the cause.
5. Atoua washes and anoints Harmachis, while her remarks about love clash with his commitment to a higher calling.
6. Harmachis swears his royal duties, receives the crown and allegiance, makes temple offerings, and receives an offering himself.

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Harmachis answers Sepa’s appeal by declaring complete devotion to Egypt. His response marks his acceptance of the dangerous political mission attached to kingship.

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