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Ἀντώνιος Plutarch
70.4 The inscription on the tomb was: Here, after snapping the thread of a wretched life, I lie. Ye shall not learn my name, but my curses shall follow you. This inscription he is said to have composed himself, but that in general circulation is by Callimachus: Timon, hater of men, dwells here; so pass along; Heap many curses on me, if thou wilt, only pass along.
71.1 These are a few things out of many concerning Timon. As for Antony, Canidius in person brought him word of the loss of his forces at Actium, and he heard that Herod the Jew, with sundry legions and cohorts, had gone over to Caesar, and that the other dynasts in like manner were deserting him and nothing longer remained of his power outside of Egypt.
71.2 However, none of these things greatly disturbed him, but, as if he gladly laid aside his hopes, that so he might lay aside his anxieties also, he forsook that dwelling of his in the sea, which he called Timoneum, and after he had been received into the palace by Cleopatra, turned the city to the enjoyment of suppers and drinking-bouts and distributions of gifts, inscribing in the list of ephebiSee the note on lxii. 1. Caesarion was to be educated as a Greek, Antyllus as a Roman. the son of Cleopatra and Caesar,
71.3 and bestowing upon Antyllus the son of Fulvia the toga virilis without purple hem, in celebration of which, for many days, banquets and revels and feastings occupied Alexandria. Cleopatra and Antony now dissolved their famous society of Inimitable Livers,Cf. chapter xxviii. 2. and founded another, not at all inferior to that in daintiness and luxury and extravagant outlay, which they called the society of Partners in Death. For their friends enrolled themselves as those who would die together, and passed the time delightfully in a round of suppers.

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