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She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides. She is also the central figure in plays by Aeschylus , Alfieri , Voltaire , Hofmannsthal , and Eugene O'Neill . [2]
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Electra was the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra of Mycenae in Greek mythology. She was the sister of Iphigenia and Chrysothemis, as well as Orestes, with whom they planned the murder of their mother and her lover Aegisthus, seeking revenge for the murder of their father.
See Also: Orestes, Electra, Sophocles, Libation Bearers. Written toward the end of Sophocles’ career, Electra dramatizes Orestes’ revenge for the murder of Agamemnon.
Sep 16, 2023 · Electra, a name that resonates with passion, revenge, and tragedy, is one of the most intriguing figures in Greek mythology. As the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, her life was marked by a series of dramatic events that have inspired countless works of art, literature, and theater. Table of Contents.
Greek Goddess Electra was born to King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. She was crowned princess of Argos. Argos is a city in Argolis, a territory belonging to Greece. Electra had two sisters named Iphigeneia and Chrysothemis, and one brother named Orestes.
Mar 30, 2020 · Electra is a Greek tragedy written by the playwright Euripides c. 420 BCE. It retells the classic myth concerning the plotting of Electra and her brother Orestes to kill their mother and her lover...
Summary of Electra Prologue. Structurally divided into four parts, the prologue to Electra begins with a monologue by a poor Farmer before his modest hut—something that hardly suits the high art of ancient tragedy.
In Sophocles: Electra. As in Aeschylus’s Libation Bearers, the action in Electra (Greek: Ēlektra) follows the return of Orestes to kill his mother, Clytemnestra, and her lover Aegisthus in retribution for their murder of Orestes’ father, Agamemnon.
His Electra play (ca. 410 BCE) explores the domestic fallout after the murder of the mythological King Agamemnon—one of the heroes of the Trojan War and a major character in the Iliad—by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. Agamemnon’s bereaved daughter Electra and her plot for revenge appear in similar works by Sophocles’s ...
