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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Chorus of Persian Elders.
Atossa, Mother of Xerxes.
Ghost of Darius.
Xerxes.
Messenger.

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[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.]

 

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1. 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.