# Alphana — The Indiscreet Jewels character guide

> Alphana in The Indiscreet Jewels by Denis Diderot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Ring Alphana The Sultan

**First appearance:** 0018-xvii-the-two-devouts

## Who they are

A woman whose toy speaks, exposing her infidelity.

## Relationships

### [Hippomanes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_indiscreet_jewels_se/characters/hippomanes)

_romantic_

Alphana and Hippomanes are engaged in a passionate but scandalous affair that defies social norms.

### [Hippomanes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_indiscreet_jewels_se/characters/hippomanes)

_romantic_

Alphana and Hippomanes are engaged in a passionate but scandalous affair that defies social norms.

### [Hippomanes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_indiscreet_jewels_se/characters/hippomanes)

_romantic_

Alphana and Hippomanes are engaged in a passionate but scandalous affair that defies social norms.

## In the story

### [The Fifteenth Trial of the Ring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_indiscreet_jewels_se/chapters/xxxii-the-fifteenth-trial-of-the-ring)

The daughter of a senator, whose Toy reveals her past and her current tryst with Hippomanes.

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