# Cymbeline — Character guide

> Key figures in Cymbeline by William Shakespeare.

- [Imogen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/imogen.md): Daughter of Cymbeline, secretly married to Posthumus, disguises herself as a boy named Fidele.
- [Posthumus Leonatus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/posthumus_leonatus.md): Imogen's banished husband, wagers on her fidelity, later fights for Britain.
- [Cymbeline](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/cymbeline.md): King of Britain, father of Imogen and the lost princes, conflicted between Rome and Britain.
- [Cloten](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/cloten.md): Queen's boorish son, pursues Imogen and plots against Posthumus.
- [Queen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/queen.md): Cymbeline's scheming wife, mother of Cloten, plots to poison Imogen.
- [Pisanio](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/pisanio.md): Loyal servant to Posthumus and Imogen, helps Imogen escape.
- [Belarius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/belarius.md): Exiled nobleman who raised Cymbeline's lost sons in the Welsh mountains.
- [Guiderius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/guiderius.md): Cymbeline's lost son, raised by Belarius, kills Cloten.
- [Arviragus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/arviragus.md): Cymbeline's younger lost son, raised by Belarius, befriends Fidele.
- [Iachimo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/iachimo.md): Italian villain who wagers on Imogen's chastity and deceives Posthumus.
- [Caius Lucius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/caius_lucius.md): Roman ambassador and general, later captured by the Britons.
- [Philario](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/philario.md): Posthumus's host in Rome, friend to Iachimo.
- [Cornelius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/cornelius.md): Court physician who gives the Queen a harmless potion instead of poison.
- [Sicilius Leonatus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/sicilius_leonatus.md): Ghost of Posthumus's father, appears in Jupiter's vision.
- [Jupiter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/jupiter.md): King of the gods, descends in a vision to comfort Posthumus.
- [Euriphile](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/euriphile.md): Deceased wife of Belarius, mother figure to the lost princes.
- [First Lord](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/first_lord.md): Attendant lord in Cymbeline's court, often with Cloten.
- [Second Lord](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/second_lord.md): Another lord in court, critical of Cloten.
- [Julius Caesar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/julius_caesar.md): Historical Roman leader, mentioned as having conquered Britain.
- [Augustus Caesar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/cymbeline_se/characters/augustus_caesar.md): Roman emperor during the play's events, demands tribute from Britain.

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