Characters
- Odysseus
- Penelope
- The Sidonians
- The Pilot
- Meneptah, the Pharaoh, the Prince, the King
- Meriamu, the Queen
- Rei the Priest
- Hataska, the First Lady
- Kurri
- Helen
- Osiris
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