The suppliants

AETHRA O Demeter, guardian of this Eleusinian land, and ye servants of the goddess who attend her fane, grant happiness to me and my son Theseus, to the city of Athens and the country of Pittheus,...

Dramatis Personae DANAUS THE KING OF ARGOS HERALD OF AEGYPTUS CHORUS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUS Attendants A sacred precinct near the shore in Argos. Several statues of the gods can be seen, as well...