Dionysiaca – Direct Speech in Greek Epic Poetry

There are 304 instances of direct speech (first level of the narration) in the Dionysiaca, all together 7,573 lines or 35.56% of the poem. The average length is 24.83 lines/speech. I have counted 124 individual speaking characters.

nr.	book	from line	to line	speaker	speech/this speaker	mortal/god	anonymous	disguise	length	dialogue?	addressee	exhortation (ch. 2)	ruse (ch. 4)	internal observer (ch. 5)

1	1	93	124	sailor	1 of 1	mortal	yes		32	soliloquy	himself			type 1 = anonymous
2	1	128	136	Europa	1 of 1	mortal			9	soliloquy	herself/waves/Boreas
3	1	326	343	Hera	1 of 12	god			18	single speech/soliloquy	herself/Apollo/Zeus			type 3 = divine
4	1	378	407	Zeus	1 of 12	god			30	single speech	Cadmus & Eros
5	1	427	500	Typhon	1 of 2	god			74	first part of dialogue	Cadmus
6	1	486	506	Cadmus	1 of 3	mortal		shepherd	21	second part of dialogue	Typhon		yes
7	2	98	108	Hamadryad	1 of 1	mortal	yes		11	first part of dialogue	Hamadryad			type 1 = anonymous
8	2	113	162	Hamadryad	1 of 1	mortal	yes		50	second part of dialogue	Hamadryad			type 1 = anonymous
9	2	209	236	Nike	1 of 1	god		Leto	28	single speech	Zeus	type 2 = god to mortals	yes
10	2	258	355	Typhon	2 of 2	god			98	single speech/soliloquy	himself	type 1 = general to troops
11	2	565	630	Zeus	2 of 12	god			66	soliloquy	dead enemy
12	2	663	698	Zeus	3 of 12	god			36	single speech	Cadmus
13	3	103	122	crow	1 of 1	animal	yes		20	single speech/soliloquy	Cadmus			type 1 = anonymous
14	3	248	319	Cadmus	2 of 3	mortal			72	first part of dialogue	Electra
15	3	326	371	Electra	1 of 1	mortal/god			46	second part of dialogue	Cadmus
16	3	425	444	Hermes	1 of 7	god			20	single speech	Electra
17	4	36	63	Harmonia 1	1 of 2	mortal			28	single speech	Electra
18	4	77	176	Aphrodite	1 of 9	god		Peisinoe	100	single speech	Harmonia 1		yes
19	4	182	196	Harmonia 1	2 of 2	mortal			15	soliloquy	home land/Artemis
20	4	216	225	Selene	1 of 2	god			10	soliloquy	herself/Harmonia 1/Aphrodite			type 3 = divine
21	4	238	246	passenger	1 of 1	mortal	yes		9	soliloquy	himself			type 1 = anonymous
22	4	293	306	Delphic oracle	1 of 1	god			14	single speech	Cadmus
23	4	393	405	Athena	1 of 4	god			13	single speech	Cadmus	type 2 = god to mortals
24	5	337	365	Actaeon	1 of 3	mortal			29	soliloquy	himself
25	5	415	532	Actaeon	2 of 3	mortal		as a phantom after death	118	single speech	Aristaeus and Autonoe
26	6	90	102	Astraeus	1 of 1	god			13	single speech	Demeter
27	6	302	317	Pan	1 of 3	god			16	first part of dialogue	Galatea			type 2 = mythological
28	6	319	324	Galatea	1 of 1	mortal			6	second part of dialogue	Pan			type 2 = mythological
29	6	346	365	Alpheus	1 of 1	god			20	single speech	Nile and Pyramus			type 2 = mythological
30	7	29	66	Aeon	1 of 1	god			38	first part of dialogue	Zeus
31	7	73	105	Zeus	4 of 12	god			33	second part of dialogue	Aeon
32	7	226	254	Naiad	1 of 1	mortal	yes		29	soliloquy	herself			type 1 = anonymous
33	7	286	307	Zeus	5 of 12	god			22	soliloquy	night, sun and moon
34	7	352	368	Zeus	6 of 12	god			17	single speech	Semele
35	8	50	102	Phthonus	1 of 1	god		Ares	53	single speech	Hera and Athena		yes
36	8	126	164	Hera	2 of 12	god			39	first part of dialogue	Apate		yes
37	8	166	175	Apate	1 of 1	god			10	second part of dialogue	Hera
38	8	207	263	Hera	3 of 12	god		nurse	57	single speech	Semele		yes
39	8	270	283	Hera	4 of 12	god			14	soliloquy	weapons of Zeus
40	8	290	347	Semele	1 of 4	mortal			58	first part of dialogue	Zeus
41	8	357	366	Zeus	7 of 12	god			10	second part of dialogue	Semele
42	8	377	388	Semele	2 of 4	mortal/god			12	soliloquy	herself
43	9	61	91	Hermes	2 of 7	god			31	single speech	Ino
44	9	149	154	Hermes	3 of 7	god			6	single speech	Rhea
45	9	208	242	Semele	3 of 4	god			35	single speech/soliloquy	herself/Hera			type 3 = divine
46	10	85	119	Ino	1 of 1	mortal			35	soliloquy	herself
47	10	129	136	Semele	4 of 4	god			8	single speech/soliloquy	herself			type 3 = divine
48	10	196	216	Dionysus	1 of 55	god			21	single speech	Ampelus		yes
49	10	280	286	Satyr	1 of 1	mortal	yes		7	soliloquy	Peitho			type 1 = anonymous
50	10	292	320	Dionysus	2 of 55	god			29	soliloquy	Zeus
51	11	7	42	Dionysus	3 of 55	god			36	single speech	Ampelus
52	11	74	80	Dionysus	4 of 55	god			7	single speech	Ampelus
53	11	118	154	Ate	1 of 1	god		boy	37	single speech	Ampelus		yes
54	11	186	187	Ampelus	1 of 2	mortal			2	single speech/soliloquy	Selene
55	11	197	213	Ampelus	2 of 2	mortal			17	soliloquy	himself/bull
56	11	255	312	Dionysus	5 of 55	god			58	soliloquy	Ampelus
57	11	315	350	Dionysus	6 of 55	god			36	soliloquy	Zeus
58	11	356	481	Eros	1 of 6	god		Silenus	126	single speech	Dionysus
59	12	23	28	Autumn	1 of 4	god			6	first part of dialogue	Helius
60	12	37	40	Helios	1 of 1	god			4	second part of dialogue	Autumn
61	12	142	171	Atropos	1 of 1	god			30	single speech	Dionysus
62	12	207	289	Dionysus	7 of 55	god			83	soliloquy	himself
63	13	19	34	Iris	1 of 4	god			16	single speech	Dionysus
64	13	221	221	Aegina	1 of 1	mortal			1	soliloquy	Zeus
65	13	485	485	priest	1 of 1	mortal	yes		1	single speech	Typhon
66	14	309	314	Hera	5 of 12	god		Melaneus	6	single speech	Astraeis	type 2 = god to mortals
67	14	274	282	Niobe	1 of 1	mortal			9	soliloquy	Indians			type 2 = mythological
68	14	419	437	Indian	1 of 1	mortal	yes		19	soliloquy	himself
69	15	121	131	Dionysus	8 of 55	god			11	single speech	troops	type 1 = general to troops
70	15	258	286	Hymnus	1 of 3	mortal			29	single speech/soliloquy	himself
71	15	298	302	Hymnus	2 of 2	mortal			5	soliloquy	oaks
72	15	306	311	Nicaea	1 of 4	mortal			6	first part of dialogue	Hymnus
73	15	316	362	Hymnus	2 of 3	mortal			47	second part of dialogue	Nicaea
74	15	390	391	trees	1 of 1	natural element	yes		2	soliloquy	themselves
75	15	399	416	cow	1 of 1	animal	yes		18	soliloquy	itself
76	15	417	419	Pan and Apollo	1 of 1	god			3	soliloquy	themselves
77	16	21	70	Dionysus	9 of 55	god			50	soliloquy	himself
78	16	75	143	Dionysus	10 of 55	god			69	soliloquy	himself
79	16	145	145	Dionysus	11 of 55	god			1	first part of dialogue	Nicaea
80	16	148	182	Nicaea	2 of 4	mortal			35	second part of dialogue	Dionysus
81	16	191	227	Dionysus	12 of 55	god			37	soliloquy	dog
82	16	231	243	Melie	1 of 1	mortal			13	single speech/soliloquy	Dionysus			type 2 = mythological
83	16	291	291	tree	1 of 1	natural element	yes		1	soliloquy	itself
84	16	294	301	Hymnus	3 of 3	mortal			8	single speech	Nicaea
85	16	312	319	Satyr	1 of 1	mortal	yes		8	first part of dialogue	Pan			type 1 = anonymous
86	16	321	338	Pan	2 of 3	god			18	second part of dialogue	Satyr			type 2 = mythological
87	16	354	364	Nicaea	3 of 4	mortal			11	soliloquy	herself
88	17	170	191	Orontes	1 of 1	mortal			22	single speech	troops	type 1 = general to troops
89	17	74	80	Dionysus	13 of 55	god			7	single speech	Brongos
90	17	100	132	Astraeis	1 of 1	mortal			33	single speech	Orontes
91	17	249	261	Orontes	2 of 3	mortal			13	single speech	Dionysus
92	17	271	286	Orontes	3 of 3	mortal			16	soliloquy	zichzelf
93	17	292	305	Dionysus	14 of 55	god			14	single speech/soliloquy	zichzelf/Indians
94	18	217	305	Staphylus	2 of 2	mortal			89	single speech	Dionysus	type 4 = other
95	18	18	41	Staphylus	1 of 2	mortal			24	single speech	Dionysus
96	18	316	319	Dionysus	15 of 55	god			4	single speech	Pherespondus
97	18	340	368	Dionysus	16 of 55	god			29	single speech	Methe
98	19	5	16	Methe	1 of 2	mortal			12	single speech	Dionysus
99	19	23	41	Methe	2 of 2	mortal			19	single speech	Dionysus
100	19	44	58	Dionysus	17 of 55	god			15	single speech	Methe
101	19	66	68	Dionysus	18 of 55	god			3	single speech	participants to funeral games
102	19	104	105	Oeagrus	1 of 1	mortal			2	single speech	audience
103	19	138	157	Dionysus	19 of 55	god			20	single speech	participants to funeral games
104	19	169	197	Maron	1 of 2	mortal			29	single speech	audience
105	19	303	345	Maron	2 of 2	mortal			43	soliloquy	defeated opponent
106	20	44	98	Eris & Phobos	1 of 1	god		Rhea & Attis	55	single speech	Dionysus	type 2 = god to mortals
107	20	137	141	Pithus	1 of 1	mortal		after his metamorphosis into a wine-jar	5	soliloquy	himself
108	20	196	221	Iris	2 of 4	god		Ares	26	first part of dialogue	Lycurgos	type 2 = god to mortals	yes
109	20	222	250	Lycurgus	1 of 5	mortal			29	second part of dialogue	Iris/Ares
110	20	266	288	Iris	3 of 4	god		Hermes	23	single speech	Dionysus	type 2*	yes
111	20	311	324	Lycurgus	2 of 5	mortal			14	single speech	Dionysus
112	20	358	368	Nereus	1 of 1	god			11	single speech	Dionysus
113	20	372	393	Lycurgus	3 of 5	mortal			22	soliloquy	himself
114	20	397	402	Zeus	8 of 12	god			6	single speech/soliloquy	Lycurgos
115	21	11	16	Lycurgus	4 of 5	mortal			6	soliloquy	Ares
116	21	36	52	Ambrosia	1 of 1	mortal			17	single speech	Lycurgos
117	21	135	146	Lycurgus	5 of 5	mortal			12	single speech/soliloquy	troops	type 1*
118	21	216	226	Deriades	1 of 9	mortal			11	first part of dialogue	Pherespondus
119	21	233	239	Pherespondus	1 of 1	mortal			7	second part of dialogue	Deriades
120	21	241	273	Deriades	2 of 9	mortal			33	third part of dialogue	Pherespondus
121	22	90	113	Hamadryad	1 of 1	mortal	yes	Bacchante	24	single speech	Dionysus
122	22	276	283	Gaea	1 of 2	god			8	single speech/soliloquy	Aeacus
123	22	392	401	Naiad	1 of 1	mortal	yes		10	single speech/soliloquy	Dionysus			type 1 = anonymous
124	23	65	69	Menoecus	1 of 1	mortal			5	soliloquy	himself
125	23	79	103	Indian	1 of 1	mortal	yes		25	soliloquy	Hydaspes
126	23	165	191	Hydaspes	1 of 2	god			27	single speech/soliloquy	other river
127	23	226	251	Dionysus	20 of 55	god			26	single speech	Hydaspes
128	23	284	319	Oceanus	1 of 1	god			36	single speech	Thetis
129	24	10	61	Hydaspes	2 of 2	god			52	single speech	Dionysus
130	24	147	169	Thureus	1 of 1	mortal			23	single speech	Deriades
131	24	201	212	widow	1 of 1	mortal	yes		12	soliloquy	herself
132	25	126	139	Andromeda	1 of 1	mortal/god			14	soliloquy	herself
133	25	326	338	Attis	1 of 2	god			13	first part of dialogue	Dionysus
134	25	340	350	Dionysus	21 of 55	god			11	second part of dialogue	Attis
135	25	352	367	Attis	2 of 2	god			16	third part of dialogue	Dionysus
136	26	10	35	Athena	2 of 4	god		Orontes	26	single speech	Deriades	type 2 = god to mortals	yes
137	26	121	133	Eeria	1 of 2	mortal			13	single speech	guards		yes
138	27	22	135	Deriades	3 of 9	mortal			114	single speech	troops	type 1 = general to troops
139	27	167	220	Dionysus	22 of 55	god			54	single speech	troops	type 1 = general to troops
140	27	252	330	Zeus	9 of 12	god			79	single speech	Olympic gods	type 1 = general to troops
141	28	84	91	Clytus	1 of 1	mortal			8	single speech	Corymbasus
142	28	144	149	warrior	1 of 1	mortal	yes		6	soliloquy	himself
143	29	39	44	Dionysus	23 of 55	god			6	single speech	Hymenaeus	type 3 = general to individual
144	29	52	67	Indian	1 of 1	mortal	yes		16	single speech	Melanias	type 4 = other
145	29	108	150	Dionysus	24 of 55	god			43	soliloquy	himself
146	29	304	310	Dionysus	25 of 55	god			7	single speech/soliloquy	Deriades
147	29	328	361	"vision" sent by Rhea	1 of 1	god		dream	34	single speech	Ares	type 2*	yes
148	30	258	292	Athena	3 of 4	god			35	single speech	Dionysus	type 2 = god to mortals
149	30	16	37	Morrheus	1 of 13	mortal			22	first part of dialogue	Deriades
150	30	41	42	Deriades	4 of 9	mortal			2	second part of dialogue	Morrheus
151	30	66	75	Eurymedon	1 of 1	mortal			10	soliloquy	Hephaestus
152	30	118	125	Morrheus	2 of 13	mortal			8	soliloquy	dead Phlogius
153	30	150	159	Tectaphus	1 of 1	mortal			10	soliloquy	Eeria
154	30	167	185	Eeria	2 of 2	mortal			19	soliloquy	Tectaphus
155	31	32	69	Hera	6 of 12	god			38	single speech	Persephone		yes
156	31	83	97	Hera	7 of 12	god			15	single speech	Megaera
157	31	110	123	Hera	8 of 12	god			14	single speech	Iris
158	31	136	190	Iris	4 of 4	god		Nyx	55	single speech	Hypnus		yes
159	31	212	227	Aphrodite	2 of 9	god			16	first part of dialogue	Hera		yes
160	31	229	282	Hera	9 of 12	god			54	second part of dialogue	Aphrodite		yes
161	32	5	8	Aphrodite	3 of 9	god			4	third part of dialogue	Hera
162	32	42	45	Zeus	10 of 12	god			4	first part of dialogue	Hera
163	32	48	58	Hera	10 of 12	god			11	second part of dialogue	Zeus		yes
164	32	60	75	Zeus	11 of 12	god			16	third part of dialogue	Hera
165	32	210	220	Morrheus	3 of 13	mortal			11	soliloquy	dying enemy
166	33	28	40	Aphrodite	4 of 9	god			13	first part of dialogue	Pasithea
167	33	42	47	Pasithea	1 of 1	god			6	second part of dialogue	Aphrodite
168	33	109	113	Aglaea	1 of 1	god			5	first part of dialogue	Eros		yes
169	33	118	139	Eros	2 of 6	god			22	second part of dialogue	Aglaea
170	33	149	179	Aphrodite	5 of 9	god			31	single speech	Eros		yes
171	33	239	262	Morrheus	4 of 13	mortal			24	soliloquy	himself
172	33	301	316	Morrheus	5 of 13	mortal			16	soliloquy	himself
173	33	324	345	Chalcomede	1 of 2	mortal			22	soliloquy	herself
174	33	351	382	Thetis	1 of 1	god		Bacchante	32	single speech	Chalcomede
175	34	8	18	Morrheus	6 of 13	mortal			11	soliloquy	himself
176	34	27	47	Hyssacus	1 of 1	mortal			21	first part of dialogue	Morrheus		yes
177	34	50	80	Morrheus	7 of 13	mortal			31	second part of dialogue	Hyssacus
178	34	92	98	dream	1 of 1	god		Chalcomede	7	single speech	Morrheus		yes
179	34	103	121	Morrheus	8 of 13	mortal			19	soliloquy	himself
180	34	196	197	Morrheus	9 of 13	mortal			2	first part of dialogue	Deriades
181	34	199	220	Deriades	5 of 9	mortal			22	second part of dialogue	Morrheus
182	34	236	246	Bacchante	1 of 1	mortal	yes		11	soliloquy	herself
183	34	292	296	Morrheus	10 of 13	mortal			5	soliloquy	Chalcomede
184	34	316	337	Morrheus	11 of 13	mortal			22	single speech	Chalcomede
185	35	344	391	Dionysus	26 of 55	god			48	single speech	troops	type 1 = general to troops
186	35	37	77	Indian	1 of 1	mortal	yes		41	soliloquy	dead bacchante
187	35	111	138	Chalcomede	2 of 2	mortal			28	first part of dialogue	Morrheus		yes
188	35	141	154	Morrheus	12 of 13	mortal			14	second part of dialogue	Chalcomede
189	35	279	313	Zeus	12 of 12	god			35	single speech	Hera
190	35	164	183	Aphrodite	6 of 9	god			20	single speech	Ares			type 3 = divine
191	36	140	160	Deriades	6 of 9	mortal			21	single speech	troops	type 1 = general to troops
192	36	430	469	Morrheus	13 of 13	mortal			40	single speech	assembly	type 1 = general to troops
193	36	48	77	Hera	11 of 12	god			30	single speech	Artemis
194	36	110	132	Hermes	4 of 7	god			23	single speech	Apollo and Poseidon
195	36	259	270	someone watching the battle	1 of 1	mortal	yes		12	soliloquy	him/herself			type 1 = anonymous
196	36	339	349	Deriades	7 of 9	mortal			11	single speech	Dionysus
197	37	131	153	Dionysus	27 of 55	god			23	single speech	participants to funeral games
198	37	176	223	Aristaeus	1 of 1	mortal			48	single speech	Actaeon
199	37	307	314	Scelmis	1 of 1	mortal			8	single speech	Erechtheus
200	37	320	323	Erechtheus	1 of 4	mortal			4	soliloquy	Athena
201	37	334	345	Erechtheus	2 of 4	mortal			12	single speech	Scelmis
202	37	375	380	Actaeon	3 of 3	mortal			6	single speech	Faunos
203	37	404	421	Achetes	1 of 1	mortal			18	single speech	Faunos
204	37	491	493	Dionysus	28 of 55	god			3	single speech	participants to funeral games
205	37	497	498	Melisseus	1 of 1	mortal			2	single speech	participants to funeral games
206	37	552	552	Dionysus	29 of 55	god			1	single speech	participants to funeral games
207	37	620	620	Dionysus	30 of 55	god			1	single speech	participants to funeral games
208	37	640	643	Erechtheus	3 of 4	mortal			4	soliloquy	Boreas (in prayer)
209	37	674	674	Dionysus	31 of 55	god			1	single speech	participants to funeral games
210	37	714	721	Dionysus	32 of 55	god			8	single speech	participants to funeral games
211	37	756	757	Dionysus	33 of 55	god			2	single speech	participants to funeral games
212	37	773	774	Dionysus	34 of 55	god			2	single speech	participants to funeral games
213	38	58	69	Idmon	1 of 1	mortal			12	single speech	Erechtheus
214	38	78	95	Hermes	5 of 7	god			18	single speech	Dionysus
215	38	105	434	Hermes	6 of 7	god			330	single speech	Dionysus
216	39	33	73	Deriades	8 of 9	mortal			41	single speech	troops	type 1 = general to troops
217	39	78	122	Dionysus	35 of 55	god			45	single speech	troops	type 1 = general to troops
218	39	138	170	Aeacus	1 of 1	mortal			33	soliloquy	Zeus
219	39	174	211	Erechtheus	4 of 4	mortal			38	soliloquy	Boreas (in prayer)
220	39	273	291	Poseidon	1 of 4	god			19	single speech/soliloquy	Dionysus			type 3 = divine
221	40	11	30	Athena	4 of 4	god		Morrheus	20	first part of dialogue	Deriades	type 2 = god to mortals	yes
222	40	37	60	Deriades	9 of 9	mortal			24	second part of dialogue	Morrheus/Athena
223	40	113	157	Protonoe	1 of 1	mortal			45	soliloquy	herself
224	40	167	193	Cheirobie	1 of 1	mortal			27	soliloquy	herself
225	40	197	212	Orsiboe	1 of 1	mortal			16	soliloquy	herself
226	40	217	217	troops	1 of 1	mortal	collective		1	single speech	themselves
227	40	338	352	Dionysus	36 of 55	god			15	soliloquy	himself
228	40	369	410	Dionysus	37 of 55	god			42	soliloquy	Heracles Astrochiton
229	40	423	427	Dionysus	38 of 55	god			5	first part of dialogue	Heracles Astrochiton
230	40	429	573	Heracles Astrochiton	1 of 1	god			145	second part of dialogue	Dionysus
231	41	315	317	Harmonia 2	1 of 2	god			3	first part of dialogue	Aphrodite
232	41	318	337	Aphrodite	7 of 9	god			20	second part of dialogue	Harmonia 2
233	41	339	359	Harmonia 2	2 of 2	god			21	third part of dialogue	Aphrodite
234	41	408	427	Aphrodite	8 of 9	god			20	single speech	Eros		yes
235	42	38	39	Eros	3 of 6	god			2	soliloquy	himself
236	42	100	107	Naiad	1 of 1	mortal	yes		8	soliloquy	Dionysus			type 1 = anonymous
237	42	114	123	Dionysus	39 of 55	god			10	soliloquy	himself
238	42	158	163	Dionysus	40 of 55	god			6	single speech	Beroe		yes
239	42	205	273	Pan	3 of 3	god			69	single speech	Dionysus
240	42	282	312	Dionysus	41 of 55	god		gardner	31	single speech	Beroe		yes
241	42	319	321	Dionysus	42 of 55	god			3	single speech	Beroe		yes
242	42	363	428	Dionysus	43 of 55	god			66	single speech	Beroe
243	42	459	485	Poseidon	2 of 4	god			27	single speech	Beroe
244	42	488	490	Poseidon	3 of 4	god			3	soliloquy	himself
245	42	506	525	Aphrodite	9 of 9	god			20	single speech	Dionysos and Poseidon
246	43	70	142	Dionysus	44 of 55	god			73	single speech	troops	type 1 = general to troops
247	43	145	191	Poseidon	4 of 4	god			47	single speech	Dionysus/own troops	type 1 = general to troops
248	43	361	371	Psamathe	1 of 1	mortal			11	soliloquy	Zeus
249	43	422	436	Eros	4 of 6	god			15	single speech	Dionysus
250	44	73	79	Agave	1 of 5	mortal		lioness (in dream)	7	single speech	Cadmos (in a dream)
251	44	134	183	Pentheus	1 of 6	mortal			50	single speech	troops
252	44	191	216	Dionysus	45 of 55	god			26	first part of dialogue	Selene
253	44	218	252	Selene	2 of 2	god			35	second part of dialogue	Dionysus
254	44	283	318	Dionysus	46 of 55	god			36	single speech	Autonoe
255	45	8	30	Agave	2 of 5	mortal			23	soliloquy	herself
256	45	66	94	Pentheus	2 of 6	mortal			29	first part of dialogue	Cadmus and Tiresias
257	45	96	215	Tiresias	1 of 1	mortal			120	second part of dialogue	Pentheus
258	45	246	251	Dionysus	47 of 55	god		soldier of Pentheus	6	single speech	Pentheus		yes
259	45	220	227	Pentheus	3 of 6	mortal			8	single speech	troops	type 1*
260	45	254	261	Pentheus	4 of 6	mortal			8	single speech	troops	type 1*
261	46	10	51	Pentheus	5 of 6	mortal			42	first part of dialogue	Dionysus
262	46	54	96	Dionysus	48 of 55	god			43	second part of dialogue	Pentheus
263	46	162	175	Agave	3 of 5	mortal			14	single speech	Autonoe
264	46	192	208	Pentheus	6 of 6	mortal			17	soliloquy	Agave
265	46	221	238	Agave	4 of 5	mortal			18	first part of dialogue	Cadmus
266	46	242	264	Cadmus	3 of 3	mortal			23	second part of dialogue	Agave
267	46	283	319	Agave	5 of 5	mortal			37	soliloquy	herself
268	46	322	351	Autonoe	1 of 1	mortal			30	single speech	Agave
269	47	45	55	Dionysus	49 of 55	god			11	single speech	Icarius
270	47	78	103	farmer	1 of 1	mortal	yes		26	single speech	Icarius
271	47	132	136	Icarius	1 of 2	mortal			5	soliloquy	himself
272	47	161	186	Icarius	2 of 2	mortal		as a phantom after death	26	single speech	Erigone
273	47	193	204	Erigone	1 of 1	mortal			12	soliloquy	herself
274	47	275	294	Dionysus	50 of 55	god			20	single speech	own entourage
275	47	320	418	Ariadne	1 of 2	mortal			99	soliloquy	herself
276	47	428	452	Dionysus	51 of 55	god			25	single speech	Ariadne
277	47	498	532	someone from Argos	1 of 1	mortal	yes		35	soliloquy	Satyr			type 1= anonymous
278	47	537	566	Hera	12 of 12	god		Melampus	30	single speech	Perseus	type 2 = god to mortals
279	47	596	606	Perseus	1 of 1	mortal			11	single speech/soliloquy	Dionysus
280	47	613	653	Dionysus	52 of 55	god			41	single speech	Deriades/own troops	type 1*
281	47	676	712	Hermes	7 of 7	god			37	single speech	Dionysus
282	47	721	727	Melampus	1 of 1	mortal			7	single speech	inhabitants of Argos
283	48	15	30	Gaea	2 of 2	god			16	single speech	Giants	type 1 = general to troops
284	48	205	233	Dionysus	53 of 55	god			29	single speech	Pallene
285	48	279	283	Eros	5 of 6	god			5	single speech	Aphrodite
286	48	291	300	Aura	1 of 6	mortal			10	soliloquy	laurel tree
287	48	351	369	Aura	2 of 6	mortal			19	single speech	Artemis
288	48	392	413	Nemesis	1 of 2	god			22	first part of dialogue	Artemis
289	48	416	438	Artemis	1 of 4	god			23	second part of dialogue	Nemesis
290	48	440	448	Nemesis	2 of 2	god			9	third part of dialogue	Artemis
291	48	489	513	Dionysus	54 of 55	god			25	soliloquy	himself
292	48	522	526	Hamadryad	1 of 1	mortal	yes		5	single speech	Dionysus			type 1 = anonymous
293	48	533	562	Ariadne	2 of 2	mortal		as a phantom after death	30	single speech	Dionysus
294	48	597	598	Peitho	1 of 1	god			2	single speech/soliloquy	Aura
295	48	602	606	Aura	3 of 6	mortal			5	soliloquy	herself
296	48	616	616	Eros	6 of 6	god			1	single speech	Dionysus
297	48	703	722	Aura	4 of 6	mortal			20	soliloquy	herself
298	48	748	748	someone	1 of 1	mortal	yes		1	soliloquy	him/herself
299	48	752	782	Artemis	2 of 4	god			31	single speech	Aura
300	48	799	807	Aura	5 of 6	mortal			9	soliloquy	herself
301	48	814	826	Nicaea	4 of 4	mortal			13	single speech	Aura
302	48	832	847	Artemis	3 of 4	god			16	single speech	Aura
303	48	858	864	Artemis	4 of 4	god			7	single speech	Aura
304	48	870	886	Dionysus	55 of 55	god			17	single speech	Nicaea
305	48	892	908	Aura	6 of 6	mortal			17	soliloquy	herself