Egyptian — Minor Figures

10 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Theodotus

rhetoric master · first appears Pompey

• Pompey · pupil: Ptolemy “Theodotus of Chios, the paid rhetoric master”
• Marcus Brutus · with Marcus Brutus “Theodotus ... being seized by him and executed”

Ptolemy, the son of Chrysermas

royal favorite · first appears Cleomenes

• Cleomenes · friends with Cleomenes “there was a considerable intimacy between them, and they had been used to talk freely together about the state.”
• Cleomenes · child: Chrysermas “Ptolemy, the son of Chrysermas, a favorite of the king's”

Agathoclea

the king's mistress · first appears Cleomenes

• Cleomenes · with Ptolemy “the greatest affairs of state were managed by Agathoclea, the king's mistress”

Magas

Ptolemy's brother · first appears Cleomenes

• Cleomenes · siblings with Ptolemy “Ptolemy, being afraid of his brother Magas”

Oenanthes

court official · first appears Cleomenes

• Cleomenes · with Ptolemy “the greatest affairs of state were managed by Agathoclea, the king's mistress, her mother, and the pimp Oenanthes.”

Charmion

attendant of Cleopatra · first appears Antony

• Antony · employer: Cleopatra “Charmion, just ready to fall, scarce able to hold up her head, was adjusting her mistress's diadem”

Iras

attendant of Cleopatra · first appears Antony

• Antony · employer: Cleopatra “Iras, one of her women, lay dying at her feet”

Olympus

physician of Cleopatra · first appears Antony

• Antony · employer: Cleopatra “She had her own physician, Olympus, to whom she told the truth”

Rhodon

tutor of Caesarion · first appears Antony

• Antony · pupil: Caesarion “but his tutor, a man named Rhodon, about as honest as Theodorus, persuaded him to turn back”

Chrysermas

father of Ptolemy · first appears Cleomenes

• Cleomenes · parent: Ptolemy, the son of Chrysermas “Ptolemy, the son of Chrysermas, a favorite of the king's”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.