Xanthe

Xanthe, a character in the A Courtesan of Rome book, is one of Lena's courtesans and your rival. She is first seen in Chapter 3.

Personality:
Xanthe is very arrogant and blunt. She is flirtatious and doesn't care if someone is "taken." After your character comes, she is jealous of all the attention she is losing to her. She acts spiteful towards her, and tries to undermine her and sabotage her whenever she can.

Main Character
Xanthe is the Main Character's rival. She is shown to be jealous of the Main Character's success as a courtesan, and tries to take Cassius's attention off of her. In Chapter 8, the Main Character catches Xanthe rummaging around in her room for proof that she is an assassin. Even if the Main Character convinces Xanthe of her innocence, Xanthe swears to find out what she is hiding to bring her to justice. Xanthe later tries to secretly follow you when she sneaks out of the scholae to see Syphax. In Chapter 15, she sabotages you by stating to Marc Antony that you're plotting with Cassius to rebel against Caesar. She continues to flaunt her new patron, Marc Antony, to you in Chapter 16.

Lena
Lena is Xanthe's boss. As Lena mentioned to you when she acquired you from Legate Aquila, every girl who she has taken in has had men who wronged her. She acquired Xanthe before you arrived at the scholae.

Syphax
Syphax was her bodyguard. He said it was never easy to guard her, as she has always been her own worst enemy. In Chapter 16, she says she used to care about him and warned him about you when Lena gave him to you eight years ago. Yet, he ignored her and took the fall for you, so he has to live (or die) with his "mistake".

Marc Antony
In Chapter 15, Xanthe finally gains Antony as a patron and turns him away from you when she tells him that you and Cassius are against Caesar. In Chapter 17, when you arrive at Pompey's grand estate to see Antony, you find her storming away. He tells you that even though Xanthe is beautiful and she was throwing herself at him, his thoughts were of you.