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- - - - 'Look, prithee, Charmian, how this Herculean Roman does become the carriage of his chafe,'
        
        Mythological allusion, AO3 - Mark Antony claimed direct descent from Hercules to bolster his authority . He mirrored the hero’s supposed, commanding, and, at times, indulgent, “Herculean” persona—often wearing similar attire—but was also negatively compared to Hercules’s, subservience, to, queen, Omphale, following his, association, with, Cleopatra.
        
        Queen Omphale + Hercules and how it reflects Tony and Cleo:
        
        Hercules was essentially sold to Omphale for a short a period characterized by a reversal of gender roles, where Hercules wore women's clothing and spun wool, while Omphale wore his lion skin and carried his club. Ancient sources, including Plutarch, suggest that Antony was similarly "disarmed" by Cleopatra,
        
        This is further perpetuated by Cleo's assertion that 'she wore his sword Phillipan,'
  - - - Plutarch notes that she would intentionally try to be caught weeping and quickly wipe her eyes to make it seem as though she was hiding her sorrow from him.