Plut. Ant. 31.1

Life of Antony 31.1

Author
Plutarch
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin

Life of Antony

31.1

Plutarch

translated by Bernadotte Perrin

31These arrangements were thought to be fair, but they needed a stronger security, and this security Fortune offered. Octavia was a sister of Caesar, older than he, though not by the same mother; for she was the child of Ancharia, but he, by a later marriage, of Atia. Caesar was exceedingly fond of his sister, who was, as the saying is, a wonder of a woman.