# Nectaire — The Revolt of the Angels character guide

> Nectaire in The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** old Nectaire

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

An old gardener who arrives noiselessly at the conspirators' table, his dog at his feet, and raises a glass of Burgundy to Dionysus and the coming Golden Age.

## Who they are

Nectaire appears among the assembled angels at Clodomir's Montmartre restaurant as a quiet old gardener, yet his toast to Dionysus and his invocation of Methymna's vines and Falernus's storehouses reveal a being steeped in antique pagan memory. He lends the conspiracy against Ialdabaoth a sense of deep, sensuous history — wine, wisdom, and love as older gods than the tyrant of the heavens. His gravity and age give the revolt its long perspective, reminding the younger angels what is truly at stake.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xiv)

Lives in Montmorency; Zita brings Arcade to him for remedies against sadness.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xv)

Mentioned as the old gardener whose flute playing moved Zita and Arcade, inspiring their rebellion.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xviii)

The gardener who tells the story of the first rebellion, formerly known as Alaciel.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xix)

Nectaire narrates his experiences in ancient Greece and Rome, teaching shepherds and nymphs, and later observing the rise of Iahveh.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xx)

Narrates the history of the demons and their role in human civilization.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxi)

Narrates his personal history as a demon witnessing the Reformation, Enlightenment, and Napoleonic era.

### [The Conclave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxvi)

Elected president of the assembly in absentia.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxii)

Attends the meeting; plays his flute, causing a cosmic vision; toasts Dionysus; vanishes afterward.

### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Mentioned as joining the angels to seek the great archangel for victory.

### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxv)

Present at Satan's awakening; his flute celebrates nature and freedom, which Satan no longer enjoys.

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