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Parallel Lives of Famous Greeks and Romans (Anthony), by Plutarch

Harvard Classics
Harvard Classics
Episode • Aug 30, 2021 • 14m

Cleopatra rode to meet Antony in a gilded barge with sails of purple; oars of silver beat time to the music of flutes and fifes and harps. She went as Venus, and her attendants were dressed as Cupids and Nymphs. (Volume 12, Harvard Classics)

Cleopatra dies after Antony's suicide, Aug. 29, 30 B. C.

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