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Sappho: a play in verse First Published: Faber & Faber, Ltd., 1950 (First UK Edition) DRAMATIS PERSONAE (in order of appearance) Minos, tutor to Sappho Chloe, a maid Doris, a maid Joy, a maid Diomedes Sappho Kreon Groom Messenger Phaon, a fisherman and sponge diver Chorus, and Chorus Leader A Voice, Various Voices An Alexandrian Pittakos, a General Aristarchus, a Steward A Soldier A Slave Dika, a Monkey 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Priestesses A Mask Pythocritos A Secretary Kleis, mother of Sappho Probably Lawrence Durrell's most ambitious verse play, and certainly the longest of the three, Sappho came to be so long that Durrell himself included instructions for the cutting of the scenes involving Diomedes (parts of Scene II and all of Scene V) in the hopes of shortening the running time.