The men are at a banquet in Pompey's ship. Lepidus is drunk, and Antony is mocking him. Menas takes Pompey aside and suggests that they remain sober whilst the others become drunk, and take the opportunity to kill their opponents. Pompey refuses. Lepidus is carried away to bed by servants. The others dance and sing, before going off to bed.
Menas' suggestion marks him out as a politician, an arch-manipulator; Pompey's refusal to murder his.....
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