# Charmides — Poetry character guide

> Charmides in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Young Charmides

**First appearance:** 0065-endymion

## Who they are

A beautiful youth from Greek literature, subject of a poem by Wilde.

## In the story

### [Charmides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/charmides)

The young protagonist who lies with Athena's statue and later meets Persephone in Hades.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/i)

The young protagonist who commits the sacrilege of kissing Athena's statue and later drowns after leaping into the sea.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/iii)

Young Charmides is lying by a Lethaean well in Hades, plucking asphodel blossoms and gazing into the water.

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