# Pericles — Short Fiction character guide

> Pericles in Short Fiction by Xavier de Maistre.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-a-journey-round-my-room

## Who they are

A historical figure referenced as a character.

## Relationships

### [Doctor Cigna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_58_se/characters/doctor_cigna)

_professional_

Doctor Cigna is likely Pericles' physician or medical advisor, attending to his health.

## In the story

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_58_se/chapters/xlii)

Appears in the dream, reads a newspaper and sighs over the decadence of arts and sciences.

## Links

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