 However, these actors were assigned their specific areas at the stage with the protagonist always entering from the middle door or that the dwelling of the "deuteragonist" (second most important character) should be on the right hand, and the "tritagonist" (third most important character), the left.In Ancient Greece, the protagonist is distinguished from the term "hero", which was used to refer to a human who became a semi-divine being in the narrative.Euripides' play "Hippolytus" may be considered to have two protagonists, though one at a time.