Dramatis Personae

• Euelpides

• Pisthetaerus

• Epops (the Hoopoe)

• Trochilus, Servant to Epops

• Phoenicopterus

• Heralds

• A priest

• A poet

• A prophet

• Meton, a Geometrician

• A commissioner

• A dealer in decrees

• Iris

• A parricide

• Cinesias, a Dithyrambic Bard

• An informer

• Prometheus

• Posidon

• Triballus

• Heracles

• Slaves of Pisthetaerus

• Messengers

• Chorus of birds