THE SUPPLIANTS

                                  by Aeschylus

                         translated by E.D.A. Morshead

              CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY

    DANAUS
    THE KING OF ARGOS
    HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
    CHORUS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUS
    Attendants
SUPPLIANTS
    (SCENE:-A sacred precinct near the shore in Argos. Several statues
    of the gods can be seen, as well as a large altar. As the play
    opens, DANAUS, and his fifty daughters, the maidens who compose
    the CHORUS, enter. Their costumes have an oriental richness about
    them not characteristic of the strictly Greek. They carry also the
    wands of suppliants. The CHORUS is singing.)