Abraham: Father of Laban and founder of the Jewish race. Issac and Laban were his sons. Jacob was his grandson
Aeneas: Greek hero, founded Rome
Alcides: Hercules, Greek hero famous for his feats
Antipodes: Countries on the opposite side of the globe
Barrabus: Jewish criminal who was exchanged for Jesus’s life
Colchos: An island where Sibylla, a monster guarded some golden fleece tied to a post. Jason with the help of his wife, Medea killed the monster and obtained the golden fleece
Cresscida: Troilus, the prince of Troy was in love with Cresscida who was exchanged for war prisoners from Greece. She was unfaithful and in Greece fell in love with Diomed
Daniel:A very just judge of the Old Testament times
Dardanian wives: The Dardanian wives of Troy are just Trojan wives. Dardanian is just another way to say Trojan because Dardania is the city where the Trojan war was fought
Diana: The goddess of chastity and of moon
Dido: Dido was the wife of Aeneus who founded Rome. During Aeneus’ voyages, he reached Carthage and married Dido. Later he sailed away leaving her and she killed herself out of grief
Endymion: He was a handsome young shepherd who was loved by the Moon.
Heraclitus of Ephesus: A Greek philosopher who lived before the time of Socrates. His philosophy of life is famous for its confusing nature. Also known as weeping philosopher.
Hesione: Hesione was the daughter of King of Troy. Poseidon, the goddess of the sea sent a large sea monster, who would only be appeased by devouring the princess, Hesione. Hercules bravely killed the beast by allowing himself to be swallowed by the monster, whom he then killed from the inside.
Janus: A two headed goddess of doors after whom the month of January is named. One face is happy and the other is sad and her statue is often found near thresholds.
Jayson: A famous Greek legndary hero who led an expedition to Colchios in search of the golden fleece and succeed in getting them with the help of his wife Medea
Laban: Jacob’s uncle who is supposed to have engineered the birth of striped lambs. Laban had promised to give him all the striped lambs as his wages. Jacob made the shadows of sticks fall on the rams when they were mating and according the a superstition, artificially engineered the birth of striped lambs.
Lichas: Hercules’ servant
Manna: Divine food which is supposed to drop from heaven on the blessed
Marcus of Monteferet :Probably a well know rich man of Elizabethan times
Mars : God of War
Medea: Wife of Jason, a famous Greek legndary hero who led an expedition to Colchios in search of the golden fleece and succeed in getting them with the help of his wife Medea
Midas: The king who was blessed with the golden touch by gods giving him the power to change anything to gold by merely touching it. He starved himself to death as his own food became gold.
Nestor: A Roaman general famous for his serious demeanor
Oracle: The solemn temples of Rome where the priestesses could help people get their questions answered.
Prodigal son: the character from a parable told by Christ. The young boy left his home, spent all his money, and returned home repentant.
Pyramus: Thisbe and her lover Pyramus was forbidden to meet each other. They became symbols of faithful lovers.
Pythogoras: The famous mathematician who discovered the ratio of the sides of triangle known as the theorem of Pythogoras
Sibylla: A monster which guarded some golden fleece tied to a post. Jason with the help of his wife, Medea killed the monster and obtained the golden fleece
