Chapter III: 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._