| Aegon | Owner of Damoetas's flock (III); will praise Daphnis in song with Menalcas (V); "Lyctian" (V) |
| Alcimedon | Cupmaker (III) |
| Alcippe | Generic girlfriend (VII) |
| Alcon | Possible subject for Mopsus to praise in song (V) |
| Alexis | Blond houseboy loved in vain by Corydon (II); praised by again by Corydon (VII) |
| Alphoesiboeus | Wins Dapnis with love spells (VIII) |
| Amaryllis | Beloved of Tityrus (I); moody lover of Corydon (II) and Damoetas (III); aids Alphesiboeus with love spell (VIII) |
| Amyntas | Corydon's rival in piping (II); receives ten golden apples from Menalcas (III); Mopsus's rival in piping (V) |
| Amyntas | Boyfriend of Menalcas (III); dark-skinned and well disposed to Gallus (X) |
| Bavius | Horrible poet (III) |
| Codrus | Possible subject for Mopsus to make fun of in song (V) |
| Corydon | Burns for Alexis (II); wins singing match with Thyrsis, as judged by Daphnis (VI) |
| Damon | Owner of goats stolen by Damoetas (III); sings with Alphesiboeus, inspired by Pollio (VIII); loses Nysa to Mopsus (VIII) |
| Daphnis | Ideal male beauty (II); bow broken by jealous Menalcas (III); is dead (V); won with love spells by Alphesiboeus (VIII); mentioned in connection with sidus Caesaris (IX) |
| Galatea | Former girlfriend of Tityrus (I); now of Damoetas (III); besought by Corydon (VII) and Moeris (IX) |
| Iollas | Master of Alexis (II) |
| Lycidas | Praised by Thyrsis (VII); asks Moeris for news of land confiscations (IX) |
| Lycoris | Leaves Gallus to follow a soldier into Gaul (X) |
| Maevius | Horrible poet (III) |
| Meliboeus | Lost lands (I); mentioned as possible flock-owner (III); recounds singing match of Corydon and Thyrsis (VIII) |
| Menalcas | Dark sometimes-boyfriend of Corydon (II); singing rival of Dameotas (III); sexually compromised in a cave (III); accused of hacking Mico's trees (III); flirts with Aegon's girlfriend Neaera (III); steals Damon's goat (III); jealous of Daphnis, breaks his bow (III); sends ten golden apples to Amyntas (III); older (V); with Mopsus praises Daphnis in song (V); author of II and III (V); gives pipe to Mopsus (V); loses lands in spite of songs pleading for Mantua (IX); author of more songs, including parts of V (IX); inquires after love-lorn Gallus (X) |
| Mico | Owner of trees supposedly hacked by Menalcas (III) |
| Moeris | Necromancer and witch, provides Alphesiboeus with magic herbs for love spell (VIII); dispossessed by land confiscations (IX); older, voice failing (IX) |
| Mopsus | Younger poet, sings about Daphnis with Menalcas (V); rivals Amyntas in piping (V); married to Nysa (VIII) |
| Neaera | Aegon's girlfriend, but Menalcas says she likes him better (III) |
| Nysa | Marries Mopsus instead of Damon (VIII) |
| Palaemon | Judges song contest of Menalcas and Damoetas (III) |
| Phyllis | Girlfriend of Menalcas and Damoetas (III); possible song topic for Mopsus (V); generic girlfriend praised by Thyrsis and Corydon (VIII); well disposed to Gallus (X) |
| Pollio | Honored by rival singers Menalcas and Damoetas (III); unnamed dedicatee of VIII |
| Thestylis | Woman who cooks (II) |
| Thyrsis | Loses singing contest with Corydon (VII) |
| Tityrus | Regained lands (I); goat-herder (III); author of VI (Silenus); named ironically as Orpheus' equal (VIII) |