Who compares Lepidus to a war horse?

• A. Mark Anthony
• B. Julius Caesar
• C. Cassius
• D. Brutus

Answer: (B)

A war horse metaphor shows how a powerful player views a fellow leader: useful, capable of carrying out plans, but not a true equal in the partnership. In this moment, Mark Antony uses that image to describe Lepidus as someone who can be guided and ridden to advance their goals, rather than someone who shares in the leadership. The metaphor reveals Antony’s pragmatic, controlling stance toward the Triumvirate and highlights the way power is distributed—Lepidus is valued for what he can do, not for his independence or ambition. The other figures don’t use this same image to size Lepidus up, and Caesar isn’t even alive to speak about him in the scene, which is why Antony is the speaker associated with this comparison.