The Use of Anonymous Characters in Greek Tragedy -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- References and Abbreviations -- Introduction. "What's in a Name?" -- Chapter One. Classes -- 1. Personal Servants -- 1.1. Nurses and Tutors -- 2. Other Servants -- 2.1. Heralds -- 3. Priests -- 4. Children -- Chapter Two. Individuals -- 1. What They Say -- 1.1. Prologizomenoi -- 1.2. Eteocles and His Scout (Septem) -- 1.3. Agamemnon and the Herald (Agamemnon) -- 1.4. Admetus and the Servants (Alcestis) -- 2. What Is Said to Them -- 2.1. Creon and the Watchman (Antigone) -- 2.2. Deianeira and the Messenger (Trachiniae) -- 2.3. Orestes and the Tutor (Sophocles' Electra) -- 2.4. Iolaus, Alcmene and the Servant of Hyllus (Heracleidae) -- 2.5. Hippolytus and the Old Man (Hippolytus) -- 2.6. Andromache and Her sundoulos (Andromache) -- 2.7. Electra, Orestes, and the Old Tutor (Euripides' Electra) -- 2.8. Menelaus and the Doorkeeper (Helen) -- 2.9. Orestes and the Phrygian Slave (Orestes) -- 3. What They Do -- 3.1. Phaedra and Her Nurse (Hippolytus) -- 3.2. Creousa and the Old Tutor (Ion) -- 3.3. Agamemnon and the Old Servant (IA) -- 4. What They Are -- 4.1. Electra and the Autourgos (Euripides' Electra) -- 4.2. Heracles and His Daughter (Heracleidae) -- 4.3. Eurystheus and His Herald (Heracleidae) -- 4.4. The Egyptians and Their Herald? (Aeschylus' Supplices and Aegyptioi) -- Chapter Three. Special Cases -- 1. The Persian Queen: The Anonymity of a Historical Figure -- 2. Cilissa: Anonymously Named -- 3. The Slave of Loxias in Ion: Naming an Anonymous Character -- Chapter Four. Contrasts and Comparisons -- 1. Epic: Homer and Hesiod -- 2. Aristophanic Comedy: The kedestes in Thesmophoriazusae -- 3. A Brief Note on Later Tragedy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.