Antony and Cleopatra (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

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Characters

  • Mark Antony, Roman general and one of the three men (triumvirs) who rule Rome after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.
  • Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
  • Octavius Caesar (Octavian), One of the three men (triumvirs) who rule Rome after the assassination of Julius Caesar.
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, One of the three men (triumvirs) who rule Rome after the assassination of Julius Caesar.
  • Sextus Pompeius (Pompey), Son of the late Pompey the Great.
  • Domitius Enobarbus, Follower of Antony
  • Octavia, Octavius's sister.
  • Ventidius, Eros, Scarus, Dercetas, Demetrius, Philo: Friends of Antony.
  • Agrippa, Military commander and advisor of Octavius.
  • Dolabella, Friend and attendant of Octavius.
  • Mecaenas, Proculeius, Thyreus, Gallus, Menas, Friends of Octavius.
  • Menecrates, Varrius, Friends of Sextus Pompeius.
  • Taurus, Lieutenant-general of Caesar.
  • Canidius, Lieutenant-general of Antony.
  • Silius, Officer in Ventidius's army.
  • Euphronius, Ambassador from Antony to Caesar.
  • Alexas, Mardian the Eunuch, Seleucus, Diomedes, Cleopatra's attendants.
  • Charmian, Iras, Maids of honor attending Cleopatra.
  • Soothsayer
  • Clown
  • Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants

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