Phrynichus - comic playwright

Lycis - comic playwright

Ameipsias - comic playwright

Cleisthenes - gay, wealthy Athenian

Molon - large actor

Iophon - tragic playwright, Sophocles’ son

Agathon - tragic playwright

Xenocles - tragic playwright

Pythangelos - tragic playwright

Morsimus - tragic playwright

Cinesias - poet

Cratinus - comic playwright

Thorycion - corrupt politician

Cleon - politician (not explicit - “The politician who takes a bite out of a comic playwright’s/ Earnings when mocked…”)

Archedemus - war general at Arginusae

Callias, son of Hipponicus “Hippoknickers' son” - wealthy Athenian

Theramenes - powerful politician

Hipponax - 6th century BC poet

Phrynichus - one of the 400

Cleidemides

Phrynichus - pioneer of tragedy

Eryxis - minor politician

Cephisophon - may have had an affair with Euripides’ wife

Meletides - synonymous with foolishness

Darius - Persian king defeated in 490 BC

Lamachus - military leader

Paralus - one of the two triremes (a ship)

Erasinides - one of the eight generals prosecuted after Arginusae

Cyrene - “a certain tart”, an courtesan

Cleophon - The most influential leader in Athens during this period

Adeimantus - Anthenian aristocrat

Alcibiades

The Three Tragedians:

Sophocles (mentioned)

Aeschylus

Euripides