THESEUS, son of Aegeus and King of Athens.

     PHAEDRA, wife of Theseus and Daughter of Minos and Pasiphae.

     HIPPOLYTUS, son of Theseus and Antiope, Queen of the Amazons.

     ARICIA, Princess of the Blood Royal of Athens.

     OENONE, nurse of Phaedra.

     THERAMENES, tutor of Hippolytus.

     ISMENE, bosom friend of Aricia.

     PANOPE, waiting-woman of Phaedra.

     GUARDS.

The scene is laid at Troezen, a town of the Peloponnesus.