(in order of appearance)
| Ghost of Polydorus: | the youngest son of Hecuba and Priam, he was sent for safekeeping to Polymestor during the Trojan war |
| Hecuba: | the former queen of Troy, and the mother of nineteen children, including the hero Hector and the prophetess Cassandra |
| Chorus of Trojan Women: | women of Troy, both noble and lowly, who are now slaves to the Greeks as a result of the war |
| Polyxena: | the youngest daughter of Hecuba and Priam |
| Odysseus: | the great general of the Greeks: the quick-witted, slick-tongued inventor of the Trojan horse |
| Talthybius: | respected soldier and herald of the Greeks |
| Therapaina: | a trusted maid to Hecuba |
| Agamemnon: | the chief general of the Greeks, and new master of Hecuba’s daughter Cassandra |
| Polymestor: | the Thracian man who was supposed to keep Polydorus safe until the Trojan War was over |
| Phineas & Olynthus: | Polymestor’s young sons |
| …and more… | Trojan maids, Greek soldiers, Thracians guards |