The Cast

Those marked * appear in legend and myth

  

Akhaïdes Outlaw      A long-time exile, recently returned to Greece.

The Mycenaeans

 

 Tisamenus*               Young king of Lacedaemon, only surviving son of the

                                 High King Orestes, and Orestes’ heir

Hawmai                     Mycenaean baron, lawagetas (warlord) to the High

                                 King, Tisamenus’ guardian

Sigewas Teller           One of Tisamenus’ Companions (age-mates and sons

                                 of Orestes’ dependent kings), a collector of stories

Elawon                      One of Tisamenus’ Companions, chief of an estate in

                                 Arcadia

Aranare                    Tisamenus’ slave

Orestes*                   Son of Agamemnon, High King

Penthilus*                Incestuously-conceived illegitimate son of Orestes

Philaios                   Highest Mycenaean baron, married to Penthilus’

                                 daughter Limnea

Kanatpa                  Tisamenus’ wife. Daughter of Thymoetes*, king of

                                 Athens

Limnea                   Philaios’ wife, Penthilus’ daughter

Echelatus*              Last named king of Mycenae

Laconian Lawagetas           

                               Tisamenus’ personal warlord

Melanthus*               King of Pylos

The Regent of Arne  Ruler of the besieged city of Arne (now called Gla),

                                 appointed by the High King Orestes

Oxylus Outlaw*        An Aetolian murderer serving Tisamenus during

                                 his exile

 

At Delphi

Menetor                    High priest of Delphi

Karnus*                    Another priest

The Great Serpent, later called Pytho*

The Sisters/Erinyes* Guardians of the Great Serpent     

The Herakleids, descendants of the hero Herakles

Aristodemus*            Eldest son of the clan, chief of the Herakleid city of

                                 Nafpaktos

Temenus*                 Second son of the clan, chosen by lot to be High 

                                 King when the Herakleids win the civil war

Kresphontes*            Third son of the clan

Makhawis                 Their half-sister, manager of Nafpaktos’ textile

                                 industry, often-wed and -divorced lure for new allies

Hippotes*                 An impoverished Herakleid cousin, Makhawis' most

                                 recent husband

Meydon                    Makhawai’s oldest son

Satnios                     Makhawis’ second-oldest son

Prokles* & Eurysthenes*  

                                 Sons of Aristodemus, began the traditional double

                                 kingship of Sparta

 

Other residents of Nafpaktos

Xanos                       A Dorian chieftain, Temenus’ lawagetas (warlord)

Dymas*                     With Pamphylus*, one of the twin kings of the Dorians,

                                 sometimes said to have begun the double kingship of

                                 Sparta, but not true

Deione                      Akhaïdes’ slave

The Shaman             Healer and seer

The Armorer             Master of the metalworks and forge

Rousa                       The Armorer’s chief apprentice

 

In Arcadia

Laothoe                    Akhaïdes’ and Elawon’s mother, granddaughter

                                 of Echemus

Hyades                     Laothoe’s husband

Echemus*                 Hero of the first Herakleid wars, Laothoe’s 

                                 grandfather

Poinix                       Elawon’s son

In Asia

Solong Rainbow       G’atag’atu-olos’ wife

Ulan Usu Red Feather

                                 A Bajgani friend

Juchii                       G’atag’atu-olos’ son

Chinowa Wolf           G’atag’atu-olos’ grandson

The Warlord              A Chou Chinese general