Electra (Euripides play)
Euripides' Electra (Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra) is a play probably written in the mid 410s BC, likely before 413 BC. It is unclear whether it was first produced before or after Sophocles' version of the Electra story.
| Electra | |
|---|---|
Orestes, Electra and Hermes at Agamemnon's tomb. Side A of a Lucanian red-figure pelike, c. 380–370 BC. | |
| Written by | Euripides |
| Chorus | Argive women |
| Characters | Farmer, husband of Electra Electra Orestes Old servant Messenger Clytemnestra Castor |
| Mute | Pylades Polydeuces Servants |
| Place premiered | City Dionysia |
| Original language | Ancient Greek |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Setting | Argos, at the house of Electra's husband |
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