# Polixenes — The Winter’s Tale character guide

> Polixenes in The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** King Polixenes, Polixenes Soft, Polixenes This, Polixenes And, Polixenes Prithee, Exeunt Polixenes

**First appearance:** 0000-the-winter-s-tale

## Who they are

King of Bohemia, Leontes' childhood friend and the object of his jealousy.

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