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| Husband of Clytemnestra and Father of Iphigenia; Declares she must be sacrificed to Artemis in order to gain a favorable wind to sail to Troy |
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| Agamemnon's brother, Husband of Helen, Begs Agamemnon to Sacrifice Iphigenia so that they can head to Troy to get Helen |
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| He sends a letter to Clytemnestra proclaiming that Iphigenia is to be sent to him under the pretense of marriage to Achilles |
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| Clytemnestra begs Achilles to protect Iphigenia against the Greek army, but unfortunately he is outnumbered. Son of Thetis and Peleus |
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| All events happen at Troy, the end of the play is the women leaving to begin a life of servitude |
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| Wants to Punish the Greeks for dishonoring her temples by destroying them on their way home |
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| Constantly the bearer of bad news. He informs Andromache about the death of Astyanax |
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| Wife of Priam, fated to be given to Odysseus as a servant. she is the Leader of the Trojan Women and rallies against Helen |
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| Daughter of Hecuba, and also a prohetess. she confirms to Hecuba the fates of the Trojan Women, As well as Prophesizes the death of Agememnon and the demise of the greeks. She is to be given to Agamemnon |
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| Wife of Hector, Fated to be given to Neoptolemus, the murderer of Astyanax |
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| Daughter of Priam and Hecuba, Sacrificed at Achilles' tomb |
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| Jason quests for the golden fleece with the help of Medea, They get it and fall in love. then they head back to Corinth (Jason's home) |
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| Medea's nurse takes care of the children, but she also laments about Medea's exile from Corinth |
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| Foreign princess, sorceress, scorned woman, intelligent, exiled by Creon since Jason chooses to marry Creon's daughter and Creon fears her retaliation. She plots the murder of Creon, Glauce, And her 2 children to punish Jason. |
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| Abandons Medea in order to marry Glauce, Creon's daughter, in an attempt to gain rank in society |
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| King of Corinth; Embraces Glauce after she is poisoned and ends up dying as well. |
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| King of Athens, Agrees to accept Medea into his kingdom after her deed is done. in exchange, Medea will cure him of his sterility. |
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| Son of Telamon, husband of Tecmessa. A very unstable hero who ends up committing suicide because he did not receive the honor of being given Achilles' armor. instead, Odysseus did. |
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| A Phrygian captive, Wife of Ajax |
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| The half brother of Ajax, Son of Telamon and Hesione, a Trojan |
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| The young son of Ajax and Tecmessa |
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| Son of Theseus and the Amazon queen |
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| tells Hippolytus of Phaedra's love confession |
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| Father of Hippolytus, Husband of Phaedra |
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| Goddess of the hunt, especially important to Hippolytus, who debases Aphrodite |
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