Egypt — Minor Figures

4 figures from Shakespeare's Roman Plays who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Caesarion

child · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene XII

Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene XII · parent: Cleopatra “The next Caesarion smite, Till, by degrees the memory of my womb, Together with my brave Egyptians all, By the discandying of this pelleted storm, Lie graveless, till the flies and gnats of Nile Have buried them for prey!”

messenger · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene XIII

Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene XIII · employer: Cleopatra “Most absolute lord, My mistress Cleopatra sent me to thee.”

eunuch attendant · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene V

Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene V · employer: Cleopatra “Not now to hear thee sing. I take no pleasure In aught an eunuch has.”

treasurer to Cleopatra · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act V, Scene II

Antony and Cleopatra · Act V, Scene II · employer: Cleopatra “This is my treasurer. Let him speak, my lord, Upon his peril, that I have reserved To myself nothing. Speak the truth, Seleucus.”

Extracted from the original text of Shakespeare's Roman Plays. Made with Rho MD.