Arcadia (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Philip Sidney
- First Published: 1590
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Pastoral
- Time of Work: Classical antiquity
- Setting: Arcadia, Greece
- Genres: Long fiction, Pastoral
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Love or romance, Mistaken or secret identity, Rural or country life, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Princes or princesses, Shepherds
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Macedon, Arcadia, Greece
Characters Discussed
Pyrocles (PI-rohk-leez), Prince of Macedon. Journeying with his cousin Musidorus, he fights on the side of justice in many countries before he reaches Arcadia and falls in love with a picture of the Princess Philoclea. He disguises himself as an Amazon, Zelmane, to be near his lady, only to find himself tormented by the passion of both her parents.
Musidorus (mew-sih-DOH-ruhs), his cousin and loyal friend, Prince of Thessalia. He masquerades as Dorus, a shepherd, and pretends to court the homely Mopsa in order to win the hand of the noble Princess...
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