ELECTRA
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY
CLYTEMNESTRA, Queen of Argos and Mycenae; widow of Agamemnon.
ELECTRA, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
ORESTES, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, now in banishment.
A PEASANT, husband of Electra.
AN OLD MAN, formerly servant to Agamemnon.
PYLADES, son of Strophios, King of Phocis; friend to Orestes.
AEGISTHUS, usurping King of Argos and Mycenae, now husband of
Clytemnestra.
The Heroes CASTOR and POLYDEUCES.
CHORUS of Argive Women, with their LEADER.
FOLLOWERS of ORESTES; HANDMAIDS of CLYTEMNESTRA.
The Scene is laid in the mountains of Argos. The play was first produced between the years 414 and 412 B.C.