In “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” Marina is the daughter of Pericles and Thaisa.
Marina is born during a storm at sea while her parents are travelling from Pentapolis toward Tyre. Thaisa appears to die in childbirth, and Pericles reluctantly orders her body placed in a chest and cast overboard. The infant Marina is left at Tarsus with Cleon and Dionyza, who promise to raise her.
Dionyza later becomes jealous of Marina’s beauty and accomplishments and arranges for her murder. Pirates prevent the plot by abducting Marina, but they sell her to a brothel in Mytilene. Marina preserves her chastity by persuading the men who visit her to pursue virtue instead, eventually becoming known for music, teaching, and moral influence.
The play’s final movement centres on recognition and reunion. Pericles discovers that Marina is alive when Lysimachus brings her to him, and the goddess Diana directs Pericles to Ephesus, where he finds Thaisa alive as a priestess. Marina is therefore the key link joining the play’s separated family members. Lychorida is her nurse, Philoten is Dionyza’s daughter, and Dionyza is her enemy.