To agéd Priam's side when he was slain!
Messenger: Ye captives, haste you to the winding shore;
The sails are spread, our long delay is o'er.
AGAMEMNON
AGAMEMNON
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
| Agamemnon | King of Argos, and leader of all the Greeks in their war against Troy. |
| Ghost of Thyestes | Returned to earth to urge on his son to the vengeance which he was born to accomplish. |
| Aegisthus | Son of Thyestes by an incestuous union with his daughter; paramour of Clytemnestra. |
| Clytemnestra | Wife of Agamemnon, who has been plotting with Aegisthus against her husband, in his absence at Troy. |
| Chorus | Of Argive women. |
| Eurybates | Messenger of Agamemnon. |
| Cassandra | Daughter of Priam, captive of Agamemnon. |
| Electra | Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. |
| Strophius | King of Phocis. |
| Orestes | Son of Agamemnon (persona muta). |
| Pylades | Son of Strophius (persona muta). |
| Band | Of captive Trojan women. |