DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
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Chorus, the Daughters of Danaos.
Danaos.
Pelasgos, King of Argos.
Herald.
[Scene.—The sea-shore: on one side the sea, on the other the gates of Argos. The Thymele is adorned with statues of Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, and other divinities. Enter from the shore the fifty daughters of Danaos, accompanied by their father—they are arrayed in Egyptian costume, and bear in their hands the suppliant bough, wreathed with wool. They form the Chorus, and as they advance twelve of their number chant the following ode.]