Eros

Family: Antony · Role: attendant · First appears: Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene V

In Act III, Scene V, Eros is a friend of Enobarbus, who greets him, “How now, friend Eros?” In Scene VIII, he attends Cleopatra, entering with Charmian and Iras as she is led in.

In Act IV, Scene III, at Alexandria, Eros helps Mark Antony arm himself for battle this morning, while assisting Cleopatra. Mark Antony tells him, “Come, good fellow, put thine iron on.” Later, in Act IV, Scene XIII, Eros kills himself rather than kill Mark Antony.

Relationship record

Life events

• Antony arms himself for battle with Eros and Cleopatra’s assistance.(Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene III · 📍 Alexandria)
  • With: Mark Antony Cleopatra
  • “Come, good fellow, put thine iron on.”
• Eros kills himself rather than kill Antony.(Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene XIII · 📍 Alexandria)
  • “Why, there then! [kills himself]”

Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene V

• friends with Enobarbus “How now, friend Eros?”

Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene VIII

• employer: Cleopatra “Enter Cleopatra led by Charmian, Iras and Eros.”

Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene III

• employer: Mark Antony (Antony commands Eros, who has brought and helps fit his armour.) “Come, good fellow, put thine iron on.”

Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene V

• employer: Mark Antony “Go, Eros, send his treasure after. Do it.”

Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene XIII

• employer: Mark Antony “When I did make thee free, swor’st thou not then To do this when I bade thee? Do it at once, Or thy precedent services are all But accidents unpurposed. Draw, and come.”

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