It is also interesting to see how Shakespeare actually changed the events to be able to fit into his play. Well, Plutarch certainly didn’t seem to like Antony all that much, if his comments at the end of the works are anything to go by. One interesting thing that I have noted as I was reading this life is that Plutarch makes mention of his grandfather a couple of times, and his involvement in the events as they were unfolding, though he also mentions that he lived in Athens and while the events in this life occur in Athens a couple of times, the main focus is really on the events in Alexandria. In fact, I’d probably say that we are well and truly at the point where the republic collapses to be replaced with the empire. So, we are well and truly into the time of the civil war now. My version is actually two volumes, and while I have read the first volume previously, this is the first time I have read this volume. Then again, half the reason that it has taken so long is that I have been reading the lives one at a time between reading other things, considering that it is a pretty chunky book. Well, I am certainly getting to the end of this book, and I have been reading thing for something like two and a half years now. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears!8 June 2020
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