Shakespeare's Roman Plays

Thidias

Family: Caesar's forces · Role: messenger · First appears: Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene XII

Life events

  • Caesar dispatches Thidias to win Cleopatra away from Antony.(Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene XII)
    • With: Octavius Caesar Cleopatra Mark Antony
    • “To try thy eloquence now ’tis time. Dispatch. From Antony win Cleopatra. Promise, And in our name, what she requires; add more, From thine invention, offers.”
  • Antony has Thidias whipped and orders him to report the punishment back to Caesar.(Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene XII)
    • With: Mark Antony Octavius Caesar
    • “Thou hast been whipped for following him. Henceforth The white hand of a lady fever thee; Shake thou to look on’t. Get thee back to Caesar; Tell him thy entertainment.”

Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene XII

  • patron: Octavius Caesar (Caesar commands Thidias to act in his name.) “To try thy eloquence now ’tis time. Dispatch. From Antony win Cleopatra. Promise, And in our name, what she requires; add more, From thine invention, offers.”

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