Character Summary
Gower: a poet who acts as the play's chorus, setting up the scene prior to every Act Antiochus: the King of Antioch who having committed incest with his daughter keeps the abomination perpetual (and secret) by detering men from wiving his daughter by killing them Pericles: the Prince of Tyre who courts Antiochus' daughter only to flee when he discovers the horrible truth Daughter of Antiochus: Antiochus' beautiful daughter who has willingly committed incest with her father Thaliard: a lord of Antioch who is ignorant of the reason but agrees to find Pericles and kill him as Antioch would have him do Cleon: governor of Tharsus who gratefully accepts Pericles' aid that saves his nation from starvation only to later betray Pericles Dionyza: Cleon's wife who out of envy of Marina's charm
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