# Pericles — Character guide

> Key figures in Pericles by William Shakespeare.

- [Pericles](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/pericles.md): Prince of Tyre who flees Antiochus's court and endures many trials at sea.
- [Marina](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/marina.md): Pericles's daughter, lost at birth and raised in Tarsus, later sold into a brothel.
- [Thaisa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/thaisa.md): Daughter of King Simonides, wife of Pericles, believed dead after childbirth at sea.
- [King Simonides](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/simonides.md): King of Pentapolis and father of Thaisa, who tests Pericles's worth.
- [Cleon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/cleon.md): Governor of Tarsus who takes in Marina but later conspires against her.
- [Dionyza](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/dionyza.md): Wife of Cleon, jealous of Marina and plots her murder.
- [Antiochus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/antiochus.md): King of Antioch who sets a deadly riddle for suitors to his daughter.
- [Helicanus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/helicanus.md): Loyal lord of Tyre who governs in Pericles's absence.
- [Lysimachus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/lysimachus.md): Governor of Mytilene who visits the brothel and later marries Marina.
- [Cerimon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/cerimon.md): A skilled physician of Ephesus who revives Thaisa from her deathlike state.
- [Bawd](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/bawd.md): The madam of the brothel in Mytilene where Marina is sold.
- [Boult](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/boult.md): The servant and pimp in the Mytilene brothel.
- [Leonine](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/leonine.md): Servant of Dionyza hired to murder Marina.
- [Thaliard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/thaliard.md): A lord sent by Antiochus to kill Pericles.
- [Lychorida](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/lychorida.md): Nurse to Marina who raises her after Thaisa's apparent death.
- [Diana](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/diana.md): Goddess who appears in a vision to Pericles, directing him to Ephesus.
- [Escanes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/escames.md): A lord of Tyre who serves with Helicanus.
- [Gower](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/gower.md): Chorus figure who narrates and introduces scenes throughout the play.
- [Philemon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/philemon.md): Servant to Cerimon who assists in reviving Thaisa.
- [Second Fisherman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/fisherman_second.md): One of the fishermen who help Pericles after his shipwreck.
- [Tyrus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/tyrus.md): A minor character, possibly a lord or messenger.
- [Monsieur Veroles](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/characters/monsieur_veroles.md): A French knight who jousts at Simonides's court.

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