Argenis (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Barclay
- First Published: 1621
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: The Hellenistic Era
- Setting: Europe
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Europe or Europeans, Storms, Kings, queens, or royalty, Shipwrecks, Greek or Roman times, Satire, Battles, Greece or Greek people, Princes or princesses
- Locales: Europe, Greece, ancient
Characters Discussed
Argenis (ahr-JEE-nihs), a beautiful, resourceful priestess of Pallas Athena and the daughter of Meleander, king of Sicily; she also symbolizes the throne of France. Having met Poliarchus, a hero in the Sicilian rebellion, she can never return the love of Archombrotus, a suitor favored by her father, or that of Radirobanes, king of Sardinia, who insists on pressing his suit and attempts to blackmail her for meeting her beloved in secret. She thwarts Radirobanes’ designs, appeases her father’s wrath, discovers that Archombrotus is her half brother, and...
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