THE PERSONS OF THE DRAMA
Æneas, son of Anchises and Venus, son-in-law of Priam, and, since the death of Hector, the leader of the Trojan war-chiefs.
Priam, king of Troy, now enfeebled by age.
Anchises, the aged father of Æneas.
Laocoön, a son of Priam and priest of Apollo.
Panthus, a Trojan noble, priest of Apollo.
Corœbus, a Phrygian noble, ally of Priam, in love with Cassandra.
The Ghost of Hector.
Ascanius, son of Æneas and Creüsa (silent).
Venus, the goddess of love, mother of Æneas.
Hecuba, wife of Priam.
Creüsa, wife of Æneas.
Cassandra, daughter of Priam, reputed to be mad.
Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, leader of the Greeks in their final attack upon Troy.
Sinon, a Greek tool, through whose treachery the Trojans were induced to admit the wooden horse within their walls.
Androgeos, a Greek chieftain.
Trojan warriors, nobles, and commons, shepherds, priestly attendants, boys, women, etc.
Greek warriors.