Mythological — Minor Figures

3 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.

Alcides

ancestor · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene X

• Antony and Cleopatra · Act IV, Scene X · younger kin: Mark Antony “Teach me, Alcides, thou mine ancestor, thy rage.”

Venus

goddess · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene V

• Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene V · courtship with Mars “Yet have I fierce affections, and think What Venus did with Mars.”

Mars

god · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene V

• Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene V · courtship with Venus “Yet have I fierce affections, and think What Venus did with Mars.”

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