# Mr. Apollinax — Poetry character guide

> Mr. Apollinax in Poetry by T. S. Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0015-mr-apollinax

## Who they are

A witty, disruptive houseguest who unsettles a tea party with his laughter and intellect.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_social_

Mr. Apollinax is a strange, intellectual figure observed by the narrator at a social gathering, evoking curiosity and unease.

### [Mrs. Porter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/mrs_porter)

_social_

Mr. Apollinax and Mrs. Porter are linked through the narrator's associative imagery, contrasting intellectual pretension with crude reality.

### [Mrs. Porter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/mrs_porter)

_social_

Mr. Apollinax and Mrs. Porter are linked through the narrator's associative imagery, contrasting intellectual pretension with crude reality.

## In the story

### [Mr. Apollinax](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/mr-apollinax)

The central figure of the poem, whose laughter and talk disrupt the teacup society.

### [III: The Fire Sermon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/iii-the-fire-sermon)

Not directly present, but the merchant Mr. Eugenides echoes the unsettling, foreign figures that appear in Eliot's urban landscape.

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