CLEOPATRA
THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM.
Perplexity of Antony.–His meeting with Fulvia.–Meeting of Antony and
Fulvia.–Reconciliation of Antony and Octavius.–Octavia.–Her marriage
to Antony.–Octavia’s influence over her husband and her
brother.–Octavia pleads for Antony.–Difficulties settled.–Antony
tired of his wife.–He goes to Egypt.–Antony again with
Cleopatra.–Effect on his character.–The march to Sidon. Continue reading ‘THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM.’
CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY.
Cleopatra espouses Antony’s cause.–Her motives.–Antony’s early
life.–His character.–Personal habits of Antony.–His dress and
manners.–Vicious indulgences of Antony.–Public condemnation.–Vices of
the great.–Candidates for office.–Antony’s excesses.–His luxury and
extravagance.–Antony’s energy.–His powers of endurance.–Antony’s
vicissitudes.–He inveighs away the troops of Lepidus.–Antony’s
marriage.–Fulvia’s character.–Fulvia’s influence over Antony.–The
sudden return.–Change in Antony’s character.–His generosity. Continue reading ‘CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY.’
ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.
Cleopatra.–Excitement in Alexandria.–Ptolemy restored.–Acquiescence
of the people.–Festivities.–Popularity of Antony.–Antony’s
generosity.–Anecdote.–Antony and Cleopatra.–Antony returns to
Rome.–Ptolemy’s murders.–Pompey and Caesar.–Close of Ptolemy’s
reign.–Settlement of the succession.–Accession of Cleopatra.–She is
married to her brother.–Pothinus, the eunuch.–His character and
government.–Machinations of Pothinus.–Cleopatra is expelled.
–Cleopatra’s army.–Approaching contest.–Caesar and Pompey. Continue reading ‘ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.’
