Dramatis Personæ

ATHENA. ULYSSES. PENELOPE. TELEMACHUS. EUMÆUS swineherd to Ulysses. EURTMACHUS } AMPHINOMUS } ANTINOUS } wooers of Penelope. CTESIPPUS } PHEMIUS a bard. LEIODES a soothsayer.

CHORUS of WOOERS.

Neatherd and other servants to Telemachus and Eumæus.

Retainers of Wooers; and Maids of Penelope.

The scene is laid in Ithaca. The first Act on the sea-shore. The second at Eumæus’ hut. The last three in the hall of Ulysses’ house.