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DRAMATIS PERSONAE PYRRHUS _Son of Achilles; King of Phthia._ ANDROMACHE _Once wife of Hector, Prince of Troy; now slave to Pyrrhus._ HERMIONE _Daughter of Helen, Queen of Sparta; wife to Pyrrhus._ MOLOSSUS _Child of Pyrrhus and Andromache._ ALCIMEDON or ALCIMUS _An old Captain of Achilles' Myrmidons._ ORESTES _Son of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae; now banished for the slaying of his mother, Clytaemnestra._ PYLADES _A Prince of Phocis, friend to Orestes._ A PRIEST OF THETIS TWO MAIDS OF HERMIONE _Certain Maidens, Myrmidons, Men-at-Arms._
SCENE: _The coast of Phthia. Rocks at the back, with the sea visible behind them. One of the rocks is a shrine, having niches cut in it for receiving offerings. On the right in front is the Altar of Thetis, shrouded in trees; to the left, a well. A path to the left leads to_ PYRRHUS' _castle; another, far back to the right, leads to the house of the_ PRIEST. _It is the morning twilight, with a faint glimmer of dawn._