{"date":"August 29","id":"08-29","intro":["Cleopatra rode to meet Antony in a gilded barge with sails of purple; oars of silver beat time to the music of flutes and fifes and harps. She went as Venus, and her attendants were dressed as Cupids and Nymphs."],"minutes":24,"readings":[{"author":"Plutarch","end":349,"start":339,"volume":12,"work":"Antony"}],"slug":"august-29","status":"proofread","title":"Cleopatra Bewitches Mark Antony","url":"/harvard-classics/august-29/","words":4890}