THERON: _A citizen of the Doric town of Selinous in Sicily. The father
of Charmides._
HERAIA: _The wife of Theron, and mother of Charmides._
PHALARIS: _An athlete; the elder brother of Charmides._
CHARMIDES: _A young Greek rhapsode, who, hearing a story of the living
goddess, Istar of Babylon, becomes inspired with the desire to see
and worship her, and sets out from Selinous to journey to
Babylon._
KABIR: _A Phoenician trader, shipwrecked off the harbor of Selinous,
with whom Charmides travels as far as Tyre._
ABDOSIR: _The brother of Kabir, a citizen of Tyre._
HODO: _A Babylonian trader, head of a caravan travelling between
Babylon and Tyre, with whom Charmides goes from Tyre to the Great
City._
ALLARAINE: _The archetype of song; once a companion spirit of Istar of
Babylon._