Antony (died 30 B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden The grandfather of Antony was the famous pleader, whom Marius put to death for having taken part with Sylla. His father was Antony, surnamed of Crete, not very famous or distinguished in public life, but a worthy good man, and particularly remarkable for his liberality, as may appear from a single example. He was not very rich, and was for …showed first 75 words of 11579 total…

…showed last 75 words of 11579 total…its due time; and all he did was done without perfect consideration, as by a man who had no power of control over his faculties, who, under the effect of some drug or magic, was still looking back elsewhere, and whose object was much more to hasten his return than to conquer his enemies. For, first of all, when he should have taken up his winter-quarters in Armenia, to refresh his men, who were tire