| Acestes |
A prince famed for his lavish entertainments of Aeneas |
| Achemenes |
Oriana’s father and King of Persia |
| Admetus |
Artabella’s attendant |
| Adrastus |
Cydarius’ friend, who aids in Clazomena’s rescue |
| Alcander |
King of Delphos, who loves and marries Artabella |
| Alsinda |
Princess and widow, Merinza’s mother whom Arthenia visits in Palermo |
| Amarantha |
Arthenia’s cousin |
| Ambracia |
Ianthe’s attendant |
| Amena |
A lady from Queen Ermillia’s court |
| Anaxiles |
Beltizera’s brother and Alcander’s cousin |
| Ardelia |
Loreto’s kinswoman and Dionella’s daughter |
| Ariobarzarnes |
King of Armenia |
| Arnardo |
Arthenia’s uncle by marriage to Marione |
| Artabella |
Menzor’s daughter and Oriana’s royal cousin, later Queen of Delphos and mother to Queen Ermillia |
| Artelinda |
Issodorus’ deceased wife |
| Arthenia |
Narrator of the history and battles of the English Civil War, described initially as Mellidorus or “fair unknown” when washed ashore in Delphos |
| Astianax |
Commander of Persian troops under Diomed (Prince Lucius) |
| Balario |
Issodorus’s close friend |
| Barsarnes |
Friend to Diomed and lieutenant general of Persian troops |
| Belissa |
Loreto’s wife |
| Bellamira |
Blesarius’s daughter, resident with Perisana |
| Beltizera |
Alcander’s royal cousin and daughter of Prince Cleophantus |
| Blesarius |
Persides’s kinsman and Bellamira’s father |
| Boetius |
Issodorus’s uncle and Princess Victorina’s husband |
| Brecena |
Arthenia’s mother |
| Celestina |
Claromenes’s wife and Queen of Sicily (England); see Appendix 2 |
| Celia |
Queen Ermillia’s attendant and narrator of Artabella’s story |
| Claromenes |
King of Sicily (King Charles II of England, Scotland, and Ireland); see Appendix 2 |
| Clazomena |
Daughter of Scythian King Oruntus and love interest of Cydarius |
| Crisalda |
Loreto’s mother and Duchess of Verona |
| Criton |
Old man who offers Diomed refuge in his cottage |
| Cydarius |
Scythian general who loves Princess Clazomena, later King of Scythia |
| Delizia |
Alcander’s sister and Princess of Delphos |
| Diomed |
Love interest of Oriana, friend of Phasellus, the assumed name of Prince Lucius Octavius, grandson of Augustus Caesar and heir to the Roman throne |
| Dionella |
Loreto’s kinswoman |
| Diophantus |
Friend of Arthenia’s brother, Melliantes |
| Doristus |
Gentleman present at Persides’ house who agrees with Philotheta that requited love destroys a lover’s desire, cf. Philotheta |
| Drepanum, Duke of |
Deceased and wealthy father of Valeria and Euridice (Electra) |
| Electra |
Possibly a mistake for Euridice |
| Elesena |
Perisana’s daughter who marries Herminio |
| Elusina |
Cilician princess |
| Ermillia/Ermilia |
Artabella’s daughter and Queen of Delphos |
| Ethrea |
Marione’s maid |
| Eudora |
Artabella’s deceased mother |
| Eugenia |
Sister of Arthenia’s mother who lives outside of Palermo |
| Eumetes |
Serastes’s brother |
| Euridice |
Daughter and heir of Victorina and deceased Prince of Drepanum, a recommended love interest for Issodorus |
| Felinus, Duke of |
See Gracianus below |
| Felisarda |
Celia’s maid |
| Ferintus |
Alcander’s servant who later marries Saparilla, Artabella’s attendant |
| Filoret |
Issodorus’s servant |
| Flaminius |
Chief priest at Delphos |
| Flavianus |
Loreto’s father and Crisalda’s husband |
| Gentillus |
Thracian ambassador to Delphos |
| Gracianus |
Merinza’s father and Duke of Felinus |
| Herminio |
Elesena’s husband |
| Hermis |
Loreto’s attendant |
| Hersilia |
Clazomena’s attendant |
| Hestrina |
Arthenia’s aunt and wife to Therasmenas, who hosts Arthenia in Palermo |
| Ianthe |
Arthenia’s close friend who is buried on the island of Rhene |
| Iros |
Diomed’s keeper in the Scythian prison |
| Irvinus |
Merinza’s husband |
| Issodates |
Belissa’s father |
| Issodorus |
Arthenia’s love interest in Part 2, son of Perisana and Persides, Elesena’s brother, younger brother of Theander |
| Julia/Juliana |
Sister to Diomed (Prince Lucius) |
| Julius Antonius |
Grandson of Marc Antony, assumes the name Phasellus |
| Leonora |
Loreto’s wealthy aunt to whom he is heir |
| Loreto |
Arthenia’s suitor and the Duchess of Verona’s youngest son, cavalier supporter of Clearchus (Charles I) |
| Lucaria |
Parthian princess |
| Lucius Octavius |
Grandson and heir of Augustus Caesar, assumes the name Diomed |
| Madona |
Wealthy elderly woman wooed by Loreto |
| Marcellus |
Julia’s deceased husband |
| Marione/Marionie |
Sister of Arthenia’s mother Brecena |
| Medicius |
Scythian physician to Clazomena |
| Melissa |
Theano’s daughter and Bellamira’s cousin |
| Melliantes |
Arthenia’s brother who lives in Palermo |
| Mellidorus |
Assumed name of Arthenia after she washes up on Delphos in masculine disguise |
| Menzor |
Artabella’s father and brother to Achemenes, King of Persia |
| Merinda |
Bellamira’s cousin and Theano’s daughter |
| Merinza |
Arthenia’s childhood friend and daughter to Gracianus, Duke of Felinus |
| Mettella |
Neighbor of Therasmus and Hestrina with whom Arthenia stays in Palermo |
| Mexaris |
Narrator in Part 2, Diomed’s servant, who reveals to Artabella what has transpired since she left Persia |
| Mironides |
Arthenia’s father |
| Mizalinda |
Perisana’s deceased daughter, whom Arthenia resembles |
| Nearchus |
Beltizera’s brother and Alcander’s cousin |
| Octimasdes |
Oriana’s rejected suitor and King of Scythia |
| Orestaign/Orestan, Prince of |
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and Lord Lieutenant of Sardinia (Ireland) in 1661–1669 and 1677–1685; see also Appendix 2 |
| Oriana |
Artabella’s cousin and daughter and heir of King Achemenes, succeeds her father as Queen of Persia, Diomed’s love interest |
| Orithia |
Thracian princess |
| Orosmades |
Scythian god |
| Orsodates |
Son of Artabella and King Alcander of Delphos, Queen Ermilia’s brother, successor to Queen Oriana |
| Oruntus |
Clazomena’s father and King of Scythia |
| Otanes |
Diomed’s jailor and Ozmin’s brother |
| Ozmin |
Artabella’s kidnapper on Phasellus’s orders and Otanes’s brother |
| Perisana/Perizana/Perinissa |
Persides’s wife |
| Persides |
Perisana’s husband |
| Phasellus |
Diomed’s friend, suitor to Artabella, tricks Queen Oriana into marriage, grandson of Marc Antony, assumed name of Julius Antonius |
| Phileno |
Clazomena’s attendant who aids in rescuing Diomed |
| Philotheta |
Lady present at Persides’s house and proponent of the view that requiting love destroys a lover’s desire, cf. Doristus |
| Piramena |
Sister of King Tyribasus of Armenia |
| Praxaspes |
Persian Prince who envies Diomed’s leadership |
| Procentia/Praxentia |
Queen Ermillia’s attendant |
| Reallus /Riallo |
Bellamira’s brother |
| Rosanor |
Gentleman accompanying Loreto |
| Saparilla |
Artabella’s attendant |
| Serastes |
Master of ship who rescues Artabella |
| Serena |
Mother of Arthenia’s suitor, Silisdes |
| Sillindra |
Woman who is to marry Arthenia’s brother Melliantes |
| Silisdes |
Arthenia’s wooer and Serena’s son |
| Tellimur/Tellamour |
Arthenia’s cousin in Palermo |
| Tellinus, Duke of |
Arthenia resides in his house in Book 7 of Part 1 |
| Tereus |
Mexaris’s friend, Theocrite’s brother |
| Theander |
Son of Perisana and Persides, older brother of Issodorus |
| Theano |
Bellamira’s uncle |
| Theocrite |
Preferred attendant of Oriana |
| Therasmus/Therasmenas |
Arthenia’s uncle and host in Palermo, Hestrina’s husband |
| Tygranes/Tigranes |
King of Media |
| Timandra |
Cappadocian princess |
| Valeria |
Daughter (with Euridice/Electra) and heir to deceased Prince of Drepanum and Princess Victorina |
| Verania |
Median princess, daughter of King Tygranes |
| Victorina |
Widow of Prince of Drepanum, now married to Boetius. |
| Vindecia |
Gentillus’s wife |
