ically ▁than ▁most ▁residents ▁of ▁modern ▁day ▁Arizona ▁are ▁Ap aches ." ▁▁ ▁He ▁further ▁notes ▁that ▁Cle op atra ' s ▁native ▁tongue ▁was ▁Greek , ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁" G reek ▁literature ▁and ▁culture ▁she ▁that ▁was ▁educated ," ▁that ▁her ▁worship ▁of ▁Is is ▁was ▁" strong ly ▁H ellen ised ," ▁and ▁that ▁although ▁she ▁was ▁presented ▁in ▁some ▁stat u ary ▁in ▁the ▁ideal ized ▁Egypt ian ▁style , ▁she ▁was ▁unlikely ▁to ▁have ▁dressed ▁like ▁this ▁outside ▁of ▁performing ▁certain ▁r ites . ▁Instead , ▁he ▁continues , ▁Cle op atra ▁" w ore ▁the ▁head band ▁and ▁ro bes ▁of ▁a ▁Greek ▁monarch ." ▁St acy ▁Schiff ▁conc urs ▁Cle op atra ▁was ▁not ▁dark - sk inned , ▁that ▁" the ▁P to lem ies ▁were ▁in ▁fact ▁Mac ed onian ▁Greek , ▁which ▁makes ▁Cle op atra ▁approximately ▁as ▁Egypt ian ▁as ▁Elizabeth ▁Taylor ", ▁that ▁her ▁P to le ma ic ▁relatives ▁were ▁described ▁as ▁" h oney ▁sk inned ", ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁part ▁Pers ian , ▁and ▁that ▁" an ▁Egypt ian ▁mist ress ▁is ▁a ▁r ar ity ▁among ▁the ▁P to lem ies ." ▁Mary ▁Le f kow itz ▁notes ▁that ▁had ▁Cle op atra ' s ▁grand m other ▁or ▁mother ▁been ▁Egypt ian , ▁it ▁surely ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁pointed ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁records , ▁and ▁con cludes ▁that ▁whatever ▁her ▁ancest ry , ▁Cle op atra ▁" reg arded ▁herself ▁as ▁Greek ." ▁ ▁Schiff