Book II
Istar: The archetype of womanhood, made mortal as a punishment for having doubted the mercy of God. She became incarnate in Babylon, and was worshipped there as the famous Babylonian goddess “Istar,” though her archetypal name was “Narahmouna.”
Nabonidus: Or “Nabu-Nahîd,” last native king of Babylon, through his mother a grandson of Nebuchadrezzar. He reigned from B.C. 555-538, when Babylon fell to Cyrus the Great.
Belshazzar: Or Belti-shar-uzzur, son of Nabonidus, and governor of Babylon. He was never proclaimed king of Babylon.
Belitsum: The second queen of Nabonidus; a woman of plebeian origin.
Cyrus: The Great, conqueror of Media, Persia, and Elam, to whom Babylon fell by treachery.
Cambyses: The elder son of Cyrus, who, after him, became king of Babylon. He afterwards committed suicide in Egypt, on being accused of the murder of his brother.
Bardiya: The younger son of Cyrus, afterwards murdered by his brother, Cambyses.
Gobryas: Cyrus’ general: the conqueror of Sippar; once governor of Gutium under the king of Babylon.
Lord Ribâta Bit-Shumukin: A royal councillor of Nabonidus, a member of the prince’s suite, and the intimate companion of Belshazzar: also landlord of the tenement of Ut.
Daniel: The Hebrew prophet, also called Beltishazzar, who, after the death of Nebuchadrezzar, lost his position at court, and at the time of the fall of Babylon was living in a small house in the Jewish quarter.
Amraphel: The high-priest of Babylon, and priest of Bel; a traitor to the crown.
Vul-ramân of Bit-Yakin: Priest of Nebo and Nergal, and second in power to Amraphel.
Ludar: President of the college of priests at Sippar, and high-priest of the temple of Shamash. A traitor to the crown.
Nânâ-Babilû: Governor of Sippar. Loyal to Nabonidus.
Bunanitû: A Jewess, the head of the historic banking-firm of “Êgibi.”
Kalnea: A Jew, the son of Bunanitû.
Kabtiya: The son of Kalnea, a Jewish boy.
Beltani: A Babylonish widow of the lower class, living in the tenement of Ut. The mother of Ramûa and Baba.
Ramûa: A flower-girl, the daughter of Beltani, afterwards married to Charmides.
Baba: Younger daughter of Beltani, afterwards the slave of Lord Ribâta.
Bazuzu: Beltani’s negro slave.
Zor: Baba’s pet goat.
Hodo: The Babylonish trader.
Charmides: The Greek rhapsode.
Allaraine: The archetype of song.