Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: William Shakespeare
- First Published: 1609
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Historical fantasy
- Time of Work: Fifth century c.e.
- 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
Places Discussed
*Tyre. Eastern Mediterranean port city that arose as the center of the Phoenician trading empire in ancient times and afterward remained an important trading port. Located in what is now southern Lebanon. The homeland of Prince Pericles.
*Antioch (AN-tee-ahk). Ancient city in Asia Minor and the capital of William Shakespeare’s King Antiochus in this play. Antioch and other cities, such as Tharsus and Tyre, are lands of treachery and blight. To avoid being murdered, Pericles flees Antioch, land of the incestuous Antiochus and his daughter, and hides...
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