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CHARACTERS

ON OLYMPUS

• Zeus (Jupiter), with thunderbolt.
• Poseidon (Neptune), with trident.
• Hermes (Mercury), with caduceus and winged sandals.
• Athene (Minerva), with spear, shield and ægis.
• Aphrodite (Venus), with roses and doves.
• Ares (Mars), with spear and shield; Apollo, with lyre; Hephæstus (Vulcan), with hammer and pincers; Demeter (Ceres), with cornsheaf, wreath and veil; Hestia (Vesta), with veil and sceptre; Artemis (Diana), with bow and quiver; Ganymede, cupbearer to the gods.

ON EARTH.

• Athene.
• Hermes.
• Calypso, the Nymph of the Island Ogygia.
• Ulysses.
• Penelope, his wife.
• Telemachus, his son.
• Eurycleia, his old nurse.
• Antinous (young, insolent, splendid) Chief Suitor to Penelope.
• Eurymachus (mature, politic, specious) Chief Suitor to Penelope.
• Ctesippus (elderly, rich, ridiculous) Chief Suitor to Penelope.
• Eumæus, a swineherd.
• Melanthius, a goatherd.

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• Peiræus, a steward.
• Pheidon, a gardener.
• Melantho handmaiden.
• Clytie handmaiden.
• Chloris handmaiden.
• Elpenor sailor.
• Phocion sailor.
• Suitors, Handmaidens, Attendants, Sea-Nymphs, Sailors, Etc.

IN HADES

• Ulysses.
• Hermes.
• Ghosts of Phædra, Eurydice, Suicides, Lovers, and Children.
• Charon.
• Ghost of Teiresias (a prophet).
• Ghost of Agamemnon.
• Ghost of Anticleia (the mother of Ulysses).
• Furies: Tantalus, Sisyphus, Prometheus.