Chapter 2Persons of the Drama

PALLAS ATHENE. POSEIDON. PERSEUS, son of Zeus and Dana¨e. CEPHEUS, King of Syria. IOLAUS, son of Cepheus and Cassiopea. POLYDAON, priest of Poseidon. PHINEUS, King of Tyre. TYRNAUS merchants of Babylonia, wrecked on the coast H SMERDAS of Syria. THEROPS, a popular leader. PERISSUS, a citizen butcher. DERCETES, a Syrian captain. NEBASSAR, captain of the Chaldean Guard. CHABRIAS DAMOETES MEGAS townsmen and villagers. GARDAS MORUS L SYRAX CIREAS, a servant in the temple of Poseidon. MEDES, an usher in the palace. CASSIOPEA, princess of Chaldea, Queen of Syria. ANDROMEDA, daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopea. CYDONE, mistress of Iolaus. PRAXILLA, head of the palace household in the women’s apart- ments. DIOMEDE, a slave-girl, servant and playmate of Andromeda. BALTIS H Syrian women. PASITHEA SCENE. — The city of Cepheus, the seashore, the temple of Po- seidon on the headland and the surrounding country.