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DAPHNE
Actress: Angela Gribben
Biography: One of the servants of King Sisyphus. Sisyphus tricked Daphne's husband Timuron into switching places with him on his wedding night. Timuron was killed in Sisyphus' place. Sisyphus' wife Karis could not have children, so he wanted Daphne to be the mother of his heir. Daphne was less keen and it was up to Hercules, Iolaus and the ghost of Timuron to save the day. Once Sisyphus was taken to Tartarus where he belonged, Daphne and Timuron were re-united for one last night before Timuron had to return to the Underworld.
DARPHUS
Actor: Matthew Chamberlain
Biography: Xena's second-in-command. Darphus believed Xena was growing weak and disobeyed her orders by attacking before she said so and killing women and children. Finally Darphus decided it was time he took over the army and he made Xena run a vicious gauntlet. She survived and she and Hercules teamed up and killed Darphus. Ares brought him back to life and he formed a new army, feeding his enemies to Graegus the Dog of War. He was eventually trapped with Graegus and the giant dog devoured him. However, undead meat was not good for the dog's digestion digestion and Graegus exploded
DAULIN
Actor: Erik Thomson
Biography: The son of the King of Tantalus. When his father was murdered, his sister accused him of the murder and started a civil war against him. Daulin thought that she was merely trying to sieze his rightful throne and suspected she may have murdered their father to give an excuse. Hercules revealed that Ares was behing the King's murder and the two siblings made peace.
DEIANERA (I)
Actress: Renee O'Connor
Biography: All her life, Deianera thought she was meant for some higher purpose. She liked to tell herself that she was really the daughter of a  kind king, but she did not believe this to be true, but she did think there was something important about her as throughout her life she was being protected by the sinister Blue Priest, but she never knew why.  Hercules rescued her on his way to find Troy when she was about to be sacrificed to the Gods in order to replenish the harvest. She joined up with him and when they reached Troy she found out her father was the King and that he had sent her away because Hera had demanded she be sacrificed. When he refused Hera allowed the Blue Priesthood to take over Troy and force the people out. Deianera's father died after relating this and the new Queen Deianera tried to find a way to take back Troy. Not wanting to risk her subjects, she gave herself up to the Blue Priest to be sacrificed to Hera. Hercules and the citizens marched on Troy, took it back from the Blue Priesthood and Hercules and Zeus rescued Deianera from Hera's clutches. Deianera began to fall in love with Hercules during their travels, but this love was not reciprocated. Deianera likely continues to reign over Troy.
DEIANERA (II)
Actress: Tawny Kitaen
Biography: Hercules first encountered Deianera when fire disappeared from the world. She was trying to convince the priests of Hera to let the townspeople share in their fire and didn't appreciate Hercules' blundering. She warmed to him as they journeyed together to find the Torch of Prometheus and in the end they got married and had three children together. Deianera's life with Hercules was not always happy however. The centaur Nessus told her that Hercules was going to leave her for Iole, a girl with a reputation for being a home-wrecker. Nessus then tried to rape Deianera, but Hercules killed him before he could do so. As he lay dying, the centaur told Deianera to give Hercules her coat which had been speckled with Nessus' blood as it would keep Hercules faithful. Deianera did so  and when Hercules later wore it, the thing nearly crushed the life out of him, but he managed to pull it off. Unfortunately, Hera tricked Deianera into thinking the coat had killed Hercules and Deianera killed herself. Hercules found her later in the Underworld and brought her back. Hera was not done with tormenting Hercules' family yet though. She created the fiery monster Pyro and used him to kill Deianera and hers and Hercules' children. Zeus was unable to bring them back as he could not undo the work of another god. Hercules visited Deianera in the Elesian Fields several times afterwards and even asked for her blessing for him to marry Serena. She was a bit taken aback at first, but she made her peace with it and celebrated their wedding.
DEMETER
Actress: Sarah Wilson
Biography: Goddess of the harvest and Hercules' aunt. When her daughter Persephone was taken to the Underworld by Hades she refused to allow the harvest to grow until Hercules brought her back. When Hercules reached the Underworld he found Persephone not only quite liked the idea of being Hades' wife, but had also eaten some of the food of the Other Side. Hercules proposed a compromise - Persephone would live with Hades half the year and with her mother for the other half. Neither party was completely happy, but agreed to this. Demeter then restored the harvest.
DEMETRIUS
Actor: Martin Kove
Biography: When Hercules found out his mother had taken up with a younger man, he was shocked to say the least, but even he was surprised when he discovered Demetrius was a servant of Hera. Working alongside Echidna, the mother of all monsters, Demetrius was to deliver her to Echidna while Hercules was to be killed by Hera's archers when he tried to rescue her. Hera's archers failed and Hercules and Iolaus confronted Demetrius and Echidna. In the ensuing struggle Hercules killed Demetrius.
DEMIKLES
Actor: Kelson Henderson
Biography: One of the mebers of the bigoted group known as The Cretins. Demikles was part of the mob that burned down Deric and Lyla's home, but when he found out Merkus, the leader of the gang, had killed Lyla, he confessed to the magistrate. Deric forgave him.
DERIC
Actor: Peter Muller
Biography: One of the cenaturs who raided Penelope and Marcus' wedding. Deric helped Nemis out of friendship rather than believing in his cause and when he realized that Nemis was taking things too far he and his girlfriend Lyla left him and warned Hercules about the magic club Nemis had been given by Hera, but refused to fight against his old friend. He later married Lyla, but she was treated as scum for marrying a centaur and eventually murdered by bigots. Hercules helped Deric get through that difficult time and got Zeus to bring Lyla back from death. Deric was then a guest at Alcmene's wedding to Jason, where he worked out it was a trap set by Hera, but he was too late to warn Hercules.
DIRCE
Actress: Lisa Chappell
Biography: The daughter of King Menelaus of Scyros. Far from acting like a normal princess, Dirce is much more interested in being a lawyer. However, she is far too scatterbrained to be a very good one. She very nearly got Iolaus off stealing from her father's treasury, but was more succesful in defending Hercules when he was forced to stand trial for trumped up charges. She accompanied Iolaus to Alcmene and Jason's wedding.
ECHIDNA
Actress: Bridget Hoffman
Biography: The mother of all monsters. She hated Hercules because he killed her children and allied herself with Hera to kill Hercules and his mother. Hercules defeated her and trapped her in her cave. She was released by the warlord Maceus, but her husband Typhon managed to calm her down before she tried to kill Hercules again. Typhon explained that Hera had turned their children evil and she was their enemy, not Hercules. Hercules and Echidna then became friends. Echidna and Typhon had another child Obi, who Hercules had to rescue when he was stolen from them.
ELORA
Actress: Rebecca Hobbs
Biography: When her alcoholic father was left imprisoned in an abandoned fortress, Elora had to live there to care for him as she could not free him from his chains. Hercules and Iolaus ran into them when transporting a captive Goth to Athens to stand trial, but Goth's army had besieged them in the fortress. It turned out Elora and Goth were old flames and he tried to get her to rescue him. She saw through him and showed Hercules how to escape the fortress and Goth was brought to stand trial.
ENFORCER (I)
Actress: Karen Shepard
Biography: An incredibly strong creature created of water. Hera created her to replace Nemesis as the deliverer of divine punishment and decided her first task was to kill Hercules. She was aided in this by a greedy man named Gnatius who robbed the bodies of people she killed en-route. Nemesis lured her into a forge where Hercules managed to boil her. He met her again in the Underworld after the second Enforcer killed Iolaus. As she was not exactly human, Hades did not know what to do with her and so gave her to Hercules to help him fight the second Enforcer. She died protecting Alcmene from the other Enforcer's deadly fire. Hades allowed her to go to the Elysian Fields for this.
ESTRAGON
Actor: Patrick Wilson
Biography: Estragon was Xena's right hand man until he surrendered to Hercules in a fight. Having no time for cowards, Xena killed Estragon with her chakram.
FALAFEL
Actor: Paul Norell
Biography: Wherever Hercules is in Greece, he always seems to bump into Falafel and his food cart of rather modern and often disgusting foods. He regards Hercules and Iolaus as his best customers even though they rarely actually buy anything off him. Iolaus hired Falafel to be the caterer at Hercules' birthday party for some odd reason. He was therefore one of the ones driven mad by Callisto and tried to make Iphicles into a culinary treat.
FELICITA
Actress: Kyrin Hall
Biography: A former slave and wife of the gladiator Gladius. She asks Hercules and Iolaus to free Gladius from his enslavement by Menas Maxius. It turns out that gladiuus had been told that felicita died in childbirth and did not know she was alive and well. When Hercules and Gladius refused to fight to the death in Menas' arena, Felicita and her son were taken as hostage to make them do so, threatening to amke her and the son love slaves if they refused. Hercules and Gladius manage to lead a slave revolt against Menas and Felicita and her son are re-united with Gladius.
FLAXEN
Actress: Tracy Lindsey
Biography: King Midas' daughter and an old flame of Hercules. When her father opened the Touch of Gold Casino, Flaxen was forced by his evil business partners to striptease at the casino and they hoped to marry her to Segallus so he could become the official King. Hercules saved her from their deadly trap and Flaxen is now much happier helping her father rule the kingdom justly.
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