Dec 23, 2009

The Pharsalia | Characters

Achillas
The Egyptian official who kills Pompey on the order of the Pharaoh Ptolemy and his council. He is later executed by the Egyptian princess Arsinoe.

Arruns
The oldest of the Etruscan seers, he is called to Rome in Book I to perform the traditional rites of divination. When he inspects the internal organs of the bull sacrificed to the gods, he discovers that "What we fear is unspeakable, but worse will follow."

Brutus
A Roman senator and follower of Stoicism. He is a descendant of Brutus the first Consul who drove the tyrant king...