| Description | Character |
| Faithful follower tested by God; questions why he suffers | |
| Daughters of night; support familial bond | |
| Greek god of reason and logic; supports marital bond | |
| Debating playwright; avant-garde champion of the common man; loses debate | |
| Virgin goddess of wisdom; acknowledges role of daughters of night | |
| Swineherd loyal to polytrophic hero | |
| Non-human character; challenger of Job | |
| Greek god of drama; seeks a good playwright to save Athens; Moderator of Dramatic Debate | |
| Flamboyant and ambitious Athenian statesman and general; fights for Sparta when betrayed by Athens | |
| Main suitor; plotted to kill polytrophic hero's son | |
| Servant of Greek god of drama; proves to be more intelligent and wit | |
| Polytrophic hero's son; comes of age throughout poem | |
| Athenian opponent of Sicilian Expedition; Athens loses when he becomes general | |
| Doorkeeper of Hades; whips god of drama and servant | |
| Author of The Frogs | |
| Athenian supporter of deliberation in the Mytilenean Debate | |
| The 'First Athenian,' great orator, dies from plague | |
| Greek god of the Underworld; host of the Dramatic Debate | |