DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
Chorus of Persian Elders.
Atossa, Mother of Xerxes.
Ghost of Darius.
Xerxes.
Messenger.
[Scene.—Susa, before the Palace of the Persian kings. The Thymele[1] arranged to represent the tomb of Darius. Enter a procession of Persian Elders forming the Chorus.]
- ↑ The thymele was a raised platform in the centre of the orchestra, which served as resting-place for the Chorus when it took up a stationary position.—K. O. Müller.