| Duration | 2 acts: approximately 120’ |
| Principals | 17 to play 24 characters, with *doubling: |
| S/S/S/S(Mz)/S/Mz/Mz/Mz(c)/Mz(c) T/T/T/T/Bn/B-Bn/B-Bn/BT/T/T/T/Bn/B-Bn/B-Bn/B |
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| The ATHENIAN WOMEN: | |
| *XANTHE | high lyric soprano; also sings APHRODITE |
| LYSIA | (later LYSISTRATA), lirico-spinto soprano |
| MYRRHINE | lyric mezzo-soprano or soprano |
| SAPPHO | mezzo-soprano |
| KLEONIKE | mezzo-contralto |
| The SPARTAN WOMEN: | |
| *CHARITO | high lyric soprano; also sings TISIPHONE |
| *DIKA | lyric soprano; also sings ALECTO |
| *ARETE | mezzo-soprano: also sings MEGAERA |
| LAMPITO | dramatic mezzo-contralto |
| THE ATHENIAN MEN: | |
| NIKIAS (NICO) | lyric tenor |
| MELEAGROS | lyric tenor |
| KINESIAS | lyric baritone |
| *BION | baritone; also sings SECOND GEEZER |
| TWO GEEZERS | baritone and bass-baritone; also sing BION and PHILO |
| THE SPARTAN MEN: | |
| MARON | lyric tenor |
| *ALPHEUS | lyric tenor; also sings ARES |
| LEONIDAS | lyric bass-baritone |
| *PHILO | bass-baritone; also sings SECOND GEEZER |
| THE OLYMPIANS: | |
| *THREE FURIES: | |
| TISIPHONE | high lyric soprano: also sings CHARITO |
| ALECTO | lyric soprano; also sings DIKA |
| MEGAERA | mezzo-soprano; also sings ARETE |
| *APHRODITE | high lyric soprano; also sings XANTHE |
| *ARES | lyric tenor; also sings ALPHEUS |
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