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 SMERDAS H merchants of Babylonia, wrecked on the coast of Syria. THEROPS, a popular leader. PERISSUS, a citizen butcher. DERCETES, a Syrian captain. NEBASSAR, captain of the Chaldean Guard. CHABRIAS DAMOETES MEGAS GARDAS MORUS SYRAX L townsmen and villagers. 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 PASITHEA H Syrian women. SCENE. — The city of Cepheus, the seashore, the temple of Po- seidon on the headland and the surrounding country.