Agésilas (Corneille)

Agésilas (Corneille) is a play written by Pierre Corneille and published in 1666.

Plot summary

The story happens in Ephesus. Lysander promised his daughters Elpinice and Aglatide in marriage respectively to Cotys and Spitridate but he needs the agreement of Agésilas. In the meantime, Spitridate has fallen in love with Elpinice (instead of Aglatide) and Cotys loves Mandane.

Characters

Agésilas, king of Sparta
Lysander, famous Spartan captain
Cotys, king of Paphlagonia
Spitridate, Persian high lord
Mandane, sister of Spitridate
Elpinice, daughter of Lysander
Aglatide, daughter of Lysander
Xénoclès, lieutenant of Agésilas
Cléon, greek speechmaker, from Halicarnassus.

Works by Pierre Corneille

	Mélite Clitandre La Place royale L'Illusion Comique Le Cid Cinna Horace Polyeucte The Death of Pompey The Liar Andromède Nicomède Sertorius Agésilas Attila Tite et Bérénice Psyché