"He had a shapely beard, a broad forehead, and an aquiline nose were thought to show the virile qualities peculiar to the portraits and statues of Hercules. Moreover, there was an ancient tradition that the Antonii were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles"

Antony liked pranks, "He was fishing once, and had bad luck, and was vexed at it because Cleopatra was there to see. He therefore ordered his fishermen to dive down and secretly fasten to his hook some fish that had been previously caught, and pulled up two or three of them...

.. But she saw through the trick, and pretending to admire her lover's skill, invited friends to watch. She ordered her own attendant to hook a salted Pontic herring. Antony pulled it up, whereupon there was great laughter, and Cleopatra said...

"Imperator, hand over thy fishing-rod to the fishermen of Pharos and Canopus; thy sport is the hunting of cities, realms, and continents." Plutarch, Antony 29.3



Antony killed himself after losing the Battle of Actium, a leaving us an account of great fortune and great folly.

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