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CHARACTERS* CHORUS of old men DARIUS' Ghost MESSENGER ATOSSA XERXES Scene: The play is set in Susa. The permanent scene-front represents a building whose nature cannot now be deter- mined; a separate structure representing DARIUS' tomb may also have been present. A CHORUS of elderly men, probably twelve in number, enters by the righthand side entrance, or parados; they are dressed in suitably rich and exotic-looking robes, perhaps over the patterned trousers of the type worn by Asiatics on Greek vases. They chant the opening lines as they enter. CHORUS We are the ones whom the Persians gone To the land of Greece left behind And entitled trustees of their rich Estates laden with gold. Our years Made Lord Xerxes, King, 5 S . . .