Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Antony akapedza nguva yechando ya 42 BC muAthens, kwaakatonga norupo kumaguta echiGiriki. Ainzi "philhellene" ("Shamwari yezvinhu zvose zvechiGiriki"), Antony akatsigira tsika dzechiGiriki kuti awane kuvimbika kwevagari veGreek East. Aipinda mitambo yechitendero nemhemberero, kubatanidza kutanga kupinda muEleusinian Mysteries, chitendero chakavanzika chakatsaurirwa kukunamatwa kwavamwarikadzi Demeter naPersephone. Kutanga muna 41 BC, akafamba achiyambuka Gungwa reAegean achienda kuAnatolia, achisiya shamwari yake Lucius Marcius Censorius semutongi weMakedhoniya neAkaya. Pakusvika kwake muEfeso muAsia, Antony akanamatwa samwari Dionysus akaberekwazve. Akakumbira mitero mikuru kubva kumaguta echiHellenic mukutsinhana nemitemo yake yechiGreek, asi akasunungura maguta iwayo akanga aramba akavimbika kuna Kesari mukati mehondo yevagari vemo uye akabhadhara maguta iwayo akanga atambura pasi pevaurayi vaKesari
, kusanganisira Rhodes, Lycia, uye Tarsus. Akapa ruregerero kuvakuru vose veRoma vaigara kuMabvazuva avo vakanga vatsigira chinangwa cheOptimate, kunze kwavaurayi vaKesari.