CHARACTERS

EURIPIDES, the tragedian

MNESILOCHUS, an old man, related by marriage to Euripides

AGATHON, the tragedian, a younger contemporary of Euripides

CLEISTHENES, a notorious effeminate

SERVANT to Agathon, a slave

A MAGISTRATE

A SCYTHIAN CONSTABLE

MICA, an Athenian woman

SECOND WOMAN, a seller of garlands

CRITYLLA, a friend of Mica

ECHO, a character from a play of Euripides

CHORUS OF ATHENIAN WOMEN

Silent Characters

MANIA, nursemaid of Mica

Images

slaves

PHILISTA, another maid of Mica’s

ARTEMISIA, a dancing-girl