Istar: The archetype of womanhood, made mortal as a punishment for having doubted the mercy of God. She became incarnate in Babylon, and was worshipped there as the famous Babylonian goddess "Istar," though her archetypal name was "Narahmouna."
Nabonidus: Or "Nabu-Nahîd," last native king of Babylon, through his mother a grandson of Nebuchadrezzar. He reigned from B.C. 555-538, when Babylon fell to Cyrus the Great.
Belshazzar: Or Belti-shar-uzzur, son of Nabonidus, and governor of Babylon. He was never proclaimed king of Babylon.
Belitsum: The second queen of Nabonidus; a woman of plebeian origin.
Cyrus: The Great, conqueror of Media, Persia, and Elam, to whom Babylon fell by treachery.
Cambyses: The elder son of Cyrus, who, after him, became king of Babylon. He afterwards committed suicide in Egypt, on being accused of the murder of his brother.
Bardiya: The younger son of Cyrus, afterwards murdered by his brother, Cambyses.
Gobryas: Cyrus' general: the conqueror of Sippar; once governor of Gutium under the king of Babylon.
Lord Ribâta Bit-Shumukin: A royal councillor of Nabonidus, a member of the prince's suite, and the intimate companion of Belshazzar: also landlord of the tenement of Ut.