# Eliab — Short Fiction character guide

> Eliab in Short Fiction by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Eliab

**First appearance:** 0163-sulamith

## Who they are

A biblical figure, a character in 'Sulamith'.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/v)

Handsome officer of the king's guard, son of Ahilud, leads the sixty warriors.

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/x)

An officer of the king's bodyguard whom Queen Astis once spent a night with; she now summons him alone.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/xi)

A youth who secretly meets with Queen Astis, weeping with rapture, shame, and desire, and is commanded by her to kill the king and the vineyard girl.

### [The Seventh Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/xii)

Eliab enters the chamber and stabs Sulamith, then reveals Queen Astis compelled him. He flees to the temple altar but is ordered executed.

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