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CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY.

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.’