Charicles, priest of Apollo at Delphi

Alcamenes, nephew of Charicles

Trachinus, a pirate

Pelorus, a pirate and officer of Trachinus

Cnemon, a young Athenian, son of

Aristippus, an Athenian, a stupid husband

Demaeneta, the amorous step-mother of Cnemon

Thisbe, the scheming maid of Demaeneta

Arsinoe, a slave-girl, a friend of Thisbe

Nausicles, a merchant