Polyeucte (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Pierre Corneille
- First Published: 1643
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: 250
- Setting: Melitene, the capital of Armenia
- Genres: Drama, Didactic literature, Tragedy
- Subjects: France or French people, Authors or writers, Literature, Religion, Seventeenth century, Drama or dramatists, Armenia or Armenians, Third century
- Locales: Melitene, Armenia
Characters Discussed
Polyeucte (paw-lee-UHK-tee), an Armenian nobleman who is married to Pauline. Returning from a secret mission on which he has received Christian baptism, he is ordered by the Roman governor, Félix, to attend the temple sacrifices. As a traitor to the Roman gods, he is condemned to die. To those who plead with him to recant and save his life, he answers that he is through with mortal ties, and he goes to his death undismayed.
Pauline, the daughter of the Roman governor and Polyeucte’s wife. When her Christian husband is condemned to death for his...
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