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Pericles, Prince of Tyre, tries his hand at the riddle. He is successful, but discovers that its answer reveals the incestuous relationship between father and daughter. Pericles doesn't reveal the truth, and Antiochus gives him forty days before his death sentence.
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Pericles ( / ˈpɛrɪkliːz /, Greek: Περικλῆς; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens.
Here is a short Pericles summary: Pericles, the Prince of Tyre, flees Antioch and goes back to Tyre, because he knows that Antiochus, the King of Antioch, is having an incestuous affair with his daughter. Antiochus is determined to kill him and pursues him. Pericles flees again, first to Tyre and then to Pentopolis.
Nov 9, 2009 · Pericles was a 5th century B.C. Athenian general and statesman who raised the grand structures of the Acropolis and turned his city's alliances into an empire.
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At Ephesus, Pericles discovers Thaisa, alive, and the family is finally reunited. Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a story of a family separated at sea and brought together again by fate.
Pericles, the young Prince (ruler) of Tyre in Phoenicia ( Lebanon ), hears the riddle, and instantly understands its meaning: Antiochus is engaged in an incestuous relationship with his daughter. If he answers incorrectly, he will be killed, but if he reveals the truth, he will be killed anyway.
A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Find out more about the contests and shipwrecks that lead to a miraculous family reunion.
