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Cymbeline · Character

Philario

Posthumus's host in Rome, friend to Iachimo.

minor

First appearance: Scene IV

Philario's tie to Iachimo is one of the pressures that moves Cymbeline—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Hosts the gathering and attempts to stop the wager, but ultimately follows the men as they proceed.
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With Iachimo (friendship): Iachimo and Philario are acquaintances in Rome, with Philario hosting the wager that sets Iachimo's plot in motion. With Iachimo (friendship): Iachimo and Philario are acquaintances in Rome,…

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Character Web

9 connections

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IAIachimoQUQueenPLPosthumus Leon…PIPisanioCLClotenPHPhilario

Relationship types

  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Historical and divine figures
  • Main characters and family
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Posthumus reaches his emotional and psychological peak here by moving from vengeful rage to profound guilt and…

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Relationships

  • Iachimo

    friendship · ambivalent

    Iachimo and Philario are acquaintances in Rome, with Philario hosting the wager that sets… How this plays out →

  • Iachimo

    friendship · ambivalent

    Iachimo and Philario are acquaintances in Rome, with Philario hosting the wager that sets… How this plays out →

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See Philario in Scene IV