Antony — Minor Figures

8 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Antony, surnamed of Crete

father of Antony · first appears Antony

• Antony · child: Antony “His father was Antony, surnamed of Crete, not very famous or distinguished in public life, but a worthy, good man, and particularly remarkable for his liberality”

Flavius Gallus

officer · first appears Antony

• Antony · with Antony “Flavius Gallus, a brave and active officer, who had a considerable command in the army, came to Antony”
• Antony · employer: Antony “Flavius Gallus, a brave and active officer, who had a considerable command in the army, came to Antony”

Lucilius

friend of Antony · first appears Antony

• Antony · friends with Antony “the other a Roman, Lucilius, of whom we have elsewhere spoken, how, at Philippi, to give Brutus time to escape, he suffered himself to be taken by the pursuers”
• Marcus Brutus · friends with Marcus Brutus “one Lucilius, an excellent man and a friend of Brutus”

Munatius Plancus

commander · first appears Antony

• Antony · friends with Antony “This fair usage brought over to him Munatius Plancus”

Rhamnus

servant of Antony · first appears Antony

• Antony · employer: Antony “called for one of his freedmen, then serving as one of his guards, Rhamnus by name”

Varius

commander · first appears Antony

• Antony · friends with Antony “under the command of Varius, one of his familiar friends and boon companions”

Theophilus

steward · first appears Antony

• Antony · child: Hipparchus “This Theophilus was the father of Hipparchus”

Alexas of Laodicea

agent · first appears Antony

• Antony · with Herod “confiding in Herod's interest, had the boldness to come into Caesar's presence”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.