| CLEON | Opponent of Pericles |
| ATHENIAN | Native inhabitant of the birthplace of Pericles (8) |
| MARINA | Daughter of Pericles, in Shakespeare |
| ASPASIA | Mistress of Pericles |
| ODEON | ___ of Pericles (ancient Athenian performance venue) |
| TYRE | City of Pericles (4) |
| THESPIAN | Actor McKellen maybe went after the second opening of Pericles (8) |
| THALIARD | A lord of Antioch, ordered to kill Pericles, in Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre |
| ESCANES | A lord of Tyre in Shakespeare's play Pericles, Prince of Tyre (7) |
| BAWD | Wife of Pander, the brothel-keeper in Pericles, Prince of Tyre |
| CERIMON | He was a lord of Ephesus. In Pericles (act 3, scene 2), Second Gentleman of Ephesus says, "Your honor has through Ephesus pour'd forth/ Your charity,... / Your purse, still open, hath built Lord ___." |
| DUCK | Eiderdown, the down feathers of the common eider -- which is a type of this bird -- are used in some quilts and pillows. In Pericles (act 3, prologue) is the following reference: "...the grisly north |
| PRIAPUS | In Greek mythology his father was Dionysus, the wine god; his mother may have been Aphrodite, the goddess of love. He was a god of animal and vegetable fertility. In Pericles (act 4, scene 6), the Baw |
| THAISA | Daughter to Simonides and Pericles' wife in the play Pericles, Prince of Tyre |
| TIME | "The wisest counselor of all," per Pericles |
| IRE | 'Yet cease your __, you angry stars of heaven!': 'Pericles' |
| ANTIOCHES | King who sets a riddle for those wishing to marry his daughter in Shakespeare's play Pericles, Prince of Tyre (9) |
| DIONYZA | Cleon's wife in Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre (7) |
| ATHENS | The statesman Pericles played a vital part in making this city the political and cultural centre of Greece (6) |
| PARTHENON | Temple built by Pericles in honour of Athena |
