{"date":"September 2","id":"09-02","intro":["While his soldiers fought the battle of Actium, Antony fled to the arms of Cleopatra. By his flight he forfeited his right to an empire. Dryden’s story of Antony’s love makes us realize the folly of his infatuation for the Nile siren."],"minutes":16,"readings":[{"author":"John Dryden","end":100,"start":88,"volume":18,"work":"All for Love"}],"slug":"september-2","status":"proofread","title":"Too Great a Price for Love","url":"/harvard-classics/september-2/","words":3208}