Thread:Szmatan777/@comment-36836718-20190721174136/@comment-36277500-20191007172133

Hi. Sorry. That "shallow" is my word, sorry. I have a tendention to paraphrase instead of quoting (when I quoted, I used Italics). I recall that Antony was tired of her, and her way of small talk. It's about Xanthe isn't as smart as MC. I just didn't know how to put it without repeating myself.

I fixed it already.

Edited:

Many things aren't said straight, but just strongly implied - that's why I love this book. That's why I met such difficulties with exact quotes. Especially in Antony's character. If he asks "You must be this Catauni girl", it's obvious that he knows what Caesar and Aquila did, he also knows that there were captives: chieftain, his wife, daughter and son. In Chapter 17 it's clear that he knows that Victus is Arin's father, because he says it straight. But it's heavily implied in Chapter 12, when he was talking with Arin and Aquila in popina, that he knew that already. He says something like "You meet persons which you had met eight years earlier".

Other things, that are even strongly implied: mutual antipathy between Antony and Cassius or between Antony and Aquila.

Some things are recurring several times, in many chapters. Like Antony's childhood. He said that Caesar "made him" in Chapter 19, in the gladiator's barracks. About "living in the gutter" - in Chapter 21. He was "nobody" with "no future" - in Chapters 9 and 19. Similarly, Antony twice referred to being aware that Arin is conspiring with Cassius and Brutus (in Chapters 20 and 21). He commends Victus' battle skills in Chapters 12, 16 and 17.

Also, some things are present at the turn of two chapters, like Antony announcing Victus in Chapter 11/12 (that's how one chapter ends and the next one starts, if you don't count reminiscence).