# Chrysothemis — Quo Vadis character guide

> Chrysothemis in Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

A beautiful Greek woman and former lover of Petronius.

## In the story

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

Mentioned as Petronius's lover who is unfaithful with his freedman Theokles.

### [The Abduction of Lygia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/quo_vadis_se/chapters/x)

Present at Vinicius's house, she engages in banter with Petronius.

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