# Skyresh Bolgolam — Gulliver’s Travels character guide

> Skyresh Bolgolam in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bolgolam

**First appearance:** 0006-iii

## Snapshot

Lilliput's High Admiral, a proud martinet whose hatred of Gulliver curdles into formal charges of treason after the Man-Mountain steals his glory at sea.

## Who they are

Bolgolam is a galbet, or high-admiral, whose professional vanity cannot survive the sight of a giant towing an enemy fleet with a hook. He joins Flimnap and the other ministers in drafting articles of impeachment, dressing petty resentment in the language of law and capital crime. His enmity shows how quickly a small court converts a useful stranger into a scapegoat, and his articles are the mechanism by which Lilliput turns on its own protector.

## Relationships

### [Lemuel Gulliver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/lemuel_gulliver)

_rivalry_

Skyresh Bolgolam, the Lilliputian admiral, is Gulliver's primary antagonist who schemes against him out of jealousy and political spite.

### [Flimnap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/flimnap)

_rivalry_

Flimnap, the Lilliputian treasurer, and Skyresh Bolgolam are political rivals who compete for influence and power in the Lilliputian court.

## In the story

### [Gulliver's Travels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/gulliver-s-travels)

The Lilliputian admiral who becomes Gulliver's enemy and accuses him of treason.

### [Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/part-i-a-voyage-to-lilliput)

The Lilliputian admiral who becomes Gulliver's enemy and conspires against him.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/ii)

Not directly named in this chapter, but referenced as part of the court; the chapter focuses on the Emperor and his council.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii)

High-admiral; responsible for the less honorable articles in Gulliver's liberty agreement.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/v)

Along with Flimnap, represents Gulliver's dealings with the ambassadors as a mark of disaffection.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vii)

High-admiral and Gulliver's mortal enemy; insists on Gulliver's death and accuses him of being a Big-endian.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/viii)

Implied as part of the cabal that sends the envoy to Blefuscu demanding Gulliver's return.

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/xi)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii)

Not present in this chapter.

## Links

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