# Collatinus — Poetry character guide

> Collatinus in Poetry by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

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

## Who they are

The Roman nobleman whose wager on his wife's incomparable chastity wins him the victory at supper and, unknowingly, invites the ruin of everything he boasts.

## Relationships

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

_family_

Collatinus is Lucrece's father, who shares in the family's devastation after her rape and death.

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

_social_

Collatinus and Tarquin are acquaintances in Roman high society, their connection shattered by Tarquin's crime.

### [Collatine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_28_se/characters/collatine)

_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)

Referenced in Tarquin's internal debate as the wronged husband.

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