Shakespeare, since his death, has in the throes of western civilization re-moralizing itself occasionally been raked through the coals for his “pagan” plays.

Pericles, Prince of Tyre is about a pagan prince cursed because he married a princess who had an incestuous relationship with her father. Pericles, his queen, and their daughter, the princess, are cursed.

The daughter is sold as a whore and keeps her virginity through stunning every John with sacred words. She eventually earns a job as a sacred dancer and singer in Diana’s name and keeps her purity. The family is miraculously reunited and the king forgives his father in law.