Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Shakespeare
- First Published: 1609
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Hellenistic period
- Setting: The eastern Mediterranean Sea and its littorals
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Incest, Shipwrecks, Castaways, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Princes or princesses, Riddles
- Locales: Mediterranean, Antioch, Syria, Ephesus
Characters Discussed
Pericles (PEHR-eh-kleez), the prince of Tyre. When King Antiochus gave him a riddle to solve, the intelligent young man learned too much about the evil king’s incestuous lust for his own daughter. Knowing that his life and his kingdom of Tyre are now in great danger, he flees to impoverished Tarsus, bearing shiploads of food for Cleon’s people. Shipwrecked in storm-driven seas, he is cast ashore in a land governed by good King Simonides, who gives the hapless prince an opportunity to enter the lists. Pericles wins the tournament and the heart of Thaisa,...
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