# Cinna the Poet — Julius Caesar character guide

> Cinna the Poet in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cinna, good Cinna

**First appearance:** 0013-act-iii-scene-iii

## Who they are

Poet mistaken for conspirator Cinna and killed by the mob.

## Relationships

### [Caius Cassius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/julius_caesar_se/characters/caius_cassius)

_social_

Cassius interacts with Cinna the Poet as a fellow conspirator and acquaintance in the political scene.

### [Julius Caesar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/julius_caesar_se/characters/julius_caesar)

_social_

Cinna the Poet is an acquaintance of Caesar, but is mistaken for a conspirator and killed by the mob.

### [Caius Cassius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/julius_caesar_se/characters/caius_cassius)

_social_

Cassius interacts with Cinna the Poet as a fellow conspirator and acquaintance in the political scene.

### [Julius Caesar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/julius_caesar_se/characters/julius_caesar)

_social_

Cinna the Poet is an acquaintance of Caesar, but is mistaken for a conspirator and killed by the mob.

## In the story

### [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/julius_caesar_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iii)

Arrives to meet Cassius and is tasked with delivering letters to Brutus.

### [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/julius_caesar_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii)

Innocent poet mistaken for a conspirator and killed by the mob.

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