# Collatine — Poetry character guide

> Collatine in Poetry by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** quoth Collatine

**First appearance:** 0001-the-rape-of-lucrece

## Who they are

Lucrece's husband, whose proud tongue unlocks the treasure of his happy state in Tarquin's tent and sets a bateless edge on his guest's keen appetite.

## Relationships

### [Lucrece](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_28_se/characters/lucrece)

_family_

Collatine is Lucrece's husband, whose boast about her virtue inadvertently leads to her tragedy.

### [Tarquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_28_se/characters/tarquin)

_friendship_

Collatine and Tarquin are fellow Roman noblemen and friends, a bond Tarquin betrays by raping Collatine's wife.

### [Collatinus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_28_se/characters/collatinus)

_family_

Collatine and Collatinus are likely father and son, united in their shared grief and outrage over Lucrece's fate.

## In the story

### [The Argument](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_28_se/chapters/the-argument)

Lucrece's husband, mentioned as the one Tarquin betrays.

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