Frogs (Murray 1912)/Characters
CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY
The God Dionysus.
Xanthias, his slave.
Aeschylus.
Euripides.
Heracles.
Pluto.
Charon.
Aeacus, house porter to Pluto.
A Corpse.
A Maidservant of Persephone.
A Landlady in Hades
Plathane, her servant.
A Chorus of Frogs.
A Chorus of Initiated Persons.
Attendants at a Funeral; Women worshipping Iacchus,
Servants of Pluto, &c.
"The play was first produced in Athens at the Feast of the Lenaea in the year 405 B.C. It obtained the first prize. Phrynichus was second with 'The Muses,' Plato third with 'The Cleophon.'"