The Secret History · Character
Chrysomallo
A courtesan and associate of Theodora.
minor
First appearance: the secret history
Chrysomallo shows up with force in XVII: How She Saved Five Hundred Harlots from a Life of Sin, Made Away with Her Own Natural Son, and Other Curious Incidents of Her Passion for Match Making. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Former dancer and hetaera, now living in the palace; her daughter is forced upon Saturninus by Theodora.
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In XVII: How She Saved Five Hundred Harlots from a Life of Sin, Made Away with Her Own Natural Son, and Other Curious Incidents of Her Passion for Match Making: Former dancer and hetaera, now living in the palace; her…
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when Theodora’s jealousy and fear of Amasalontha’s beauty and cunn…
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